High School to Community College Articulation Agreement

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  General

  The North Carolina High School to Community College Articulation Agreement is an agreement between the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Community College System.

  The North Carolina High School to Community College Articulation Agreement provides a seamless process that joins secondary and postsecondary Career and Technical Education (CTE) programs of study.

  This statewide articulation agreement is comprised of high school CTE courses that match the knowledge and skills taught in similar community college courses. The articulation agreement ensures that if a student is proficient in his/her high school course, the student can receive college credit for that course at any North Carolina community college. This streamlines the student's educational pathway by eliminating the need to take multiple courses with the same learning outcomes.

  • Statewide Articulation Agreement

  • NC High School to Community College CTE Articulation Agreement (approved May 19, 2023) File
  • Local Articulation Agreements

    In addition to this statewide articulation agreement, local articulation agreements can be developed to build strong partnerships between high schools and individual community colleges. These local articulation agreements respond to new and emerging industries, provide for programs unique to the region, and add additional articulated courses and pathway alignments at the local level that are not included in the state agreement.

  • Local Articulation Agreements Page
  • Developing a Local Articulation Agreement File 1.3MB PDF document
  • Team Responsibilities worksheet File 12.1KB Word 2007 document
  • Part 1 - Course Competency Chart worksheet File 16.7KB Word 2007 document
  • Part 2 and 3 - Comments and Recommendations worksheet File 19.1KB Word 2007 document
  • Process to Document and Award Credit

    Please see policy manual at link below.

    * The requirements for Early Childhood Education courses are different.  See the September 2016 memo. Updated Memo coming summer 2023.

  • NC HS to CC CTE Articulation Agreement Policies - Nov. 2022 File
  • History of the Articulation Agreement

  • History of the North Carolina High School to Community College Articulation Agreement Page
  • 1999 Articulation Agreement Page
  • 2005 Articulation Agreement File 162.7KB PDF document
  • 2012 Articulation Agreement Page
  • 2017 Articulation Agreement Page
  • Related Documents

  • Revised articulation agreement - Early Childhood Education (July 2008) File 32KB PDF document
  • Memorandum of Agreement for Early Childhood Education (September 2009) File 299KB PDF document
  • Memo - Articulation Agreement during curriculum revision (January 2010) File 11KB PDF document
  • EC Letter - scale score vs raw score - curriculum revision (May 2010) File 44.5KB PDF document
  • Revised Lead Teacher Equivalency Form - during curriculum revision (May 2010) File 46.7KB PDF document
  • Update to the criteria to award articulated credit. (July 2011) File 11.2KB PDF document
  • Memorandum of Agreement for Early Childhood Education (September 2016) File 784.9KB PDF document
  • Credit Awarding Change Due to COVID-19 for Spring 2020 (May 2020) File 173.4KB PDF document
  • Credit Awarding Change Due to COVID-19 for 2020-2021 academic year File 112.1KB PDF document
  • Recommendation Form L Link URL
  • Additional Articulation Agreements

    The articulation agreement on these pages is between the high schools and the community colleges.

    The North Carolina Comprehensive Articulation Agreement (CAA) is a statewide agreement governing the transfer of credits between N.C. community colleges and N.C. public universities.