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Home > About Us > Our Philosophy > School/College Partnership > Ford PAS Program
The Big Picture Company recognizes the importance of early exposure to college level work and expectations for its students. Allowing students to explore the challenges that college offers while still recieving support at their high school enables them to develop the skills they will need to succeed in their postsecondary education. Big Picture students are encouraged to enroll in courses for credit at their local community colleges or other institutions of higher learning. In 2003, The Big Picture Company recieved a three-year grant from the Ford Motor Company to adapt the Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) curriculum to enhance students' project work. Through this grant, two college-level courses are currently offered to Providence, RI Met students in the City Campus Initiative at the Community College of Rhode Island. Students in these courses recieve three credits from the college after completing advanced project work in the fields of business and product design. These courses are evidence that the Big Picture philosophy of personalized, project-based learning can be applied at the college level. The focus of the third year
of the grant (2005-06) will be to disseminate these resources
to other Big Picture Schools around the country. The course websites
listed below were designed for students in the Ford PAS classes.
Follow the links to find the courses' syllabii and other useful
information. The Entrepreneur's Course
website: http://www.geocities.com/entrepreneurs_course
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