Tag: dual enrollment

Community Colleges

CCRC Playbook Provides Recommendations to Address Equity Gaps in Dual Enrollment Programs

In partnership with the Aspen Institute, the Community College Research Center (CCRC) highlighted equity gaps within dual enrollment programs and suggested ways postsecondary and K-12 leaders can address those barriers. According to the playbook, dual enrollment refers to college classes taken by high school students through a partnership with an institution.

October 7, 2020

Dual Enrollment Works. But Who Is It Working For?

Dual enrollment allows students to get ahead and ease into college with a familiar, supportive framework. But the experts who analyze these programs are still asking themselves how to design these opportunities to serve the students who need them most.

April 9, 2020

DeVos Headlines CED Conference

During her keynote address at the Committee for Economic Development of the Conference Board’s (CED) Fall Policy Conference Nov. 13, United States Secretary of Education Betsy Devos said that “America’s antiquated approach to education fails too many students.”

November 13, 2019

SREB Establishes Dual Enrollment Initiative to Address Inequity, Affordability Concerns

Under the Southern Regional Education Board’s (SREB) new initiative, a panel of universities, agencies and legislatures will discuss student inequity and financial concerns within dual enrollment programs. The initiative will address college affordability, provide quality educational experiences for students from all backgrounds and help states meet their educational attainment and workforce goals. Last week, at […]

September 11, 2019

Community Colleges

Organizations Announce Merger to Reach More Students

Two organizations working to serve underrepresented students have merged as of April 1. Gateway College National Network is now an initiative of Achieving the Dream (ATD), working together to link the success networks for high school and college students to improve college readiness, expand personalized student supports, and broaden services to help colleges graduate more students from vulnerable populations.

April 1, 2019

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Early College Credit Linked to Success, Savings for Indiana Students

Recent data findings from the Indiana Commission for Higher Education (ICHE) underscore the academic and economic value of providing high school students with an opportunity to earn early college credit.

February 6, 2019

Expert: Lower-income Dual Enrollment Students Need Additional Support

A new report from the Community College Research Center (CCRC) sheds some light on postsecondary degree-completion outcomes once dual enrollment students leave high school on a state-by-state basis.

September 26, 2017

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Dual Enrollment Movement Seeks Bigger Role in Education

The effort to make more students aware of dual enrollment schools such as Bard High School Early College Baltimore is getting a boost thanks to a new coalition called the College in High School Alliance.

March 8, 2017

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