Press Release: 13 Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships Earn NACEP Accreditation in 2011
Peer review validates that high school students earn credit for true college courses
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
August 8, 2011
For more information, contact:
Adam I. Lowe, Executive Secretary
(919) 593-5205 or alowe@nacep.org
The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) announces that the following nine programs offering college courses taught in high schools by high school teachers earned initial NACEP accreditation in 2011:
- Dutchess Community College (Poughkeepsie, NY) – College Connection
- Hudson Valley Community College (Troy, NY) – College in the High School
- Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, IN) – Collegiate Connection
- Niagara University (Niagara University, NY) – Niagara University Senior Term Enrichment Program
- Pennsylvania College of Technology (Williamsport, PA) – Penn College NOW
- Portland State University (Portland, OR) – Challenge Program
- University of Arkansas Community College at Hope (Hope, AR) – Your Bridge to College Concurrent Enrollment Program
- University of Findlay (Findlay, OH) – University-School Articulation Program
- University of Missouri – St. Louis (St. Louis, MO) – Advanced Credit Program
Four programs previously accredited by NACEP earned continued accreditation:
- Finger Lakes Community College (Canandaigua, NY) – Gemini Program
- Indiana University (Bloomington, IN) – Advance College Project1
- Rio Salado College (Tempe, AZ) – Dual Enrollment
- Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY) – Project Advance
NACEP’s Standards represent best practices in program administration to ensure that college courses offered in the high school are of the same quality and rigor as the courses offered on campus. To obtain NACEP accreditation, programs undergo an extensive self-study, carefully document how the program adheres to NACEP’s Standards, and present that documentation to experienced peer reviewers from NACEP-accredited programs.
NACEP’s Standards additionally promote the implementation of policies and practices to ensure that:
- Students enrolled in concurrent enrollment courses are held to the same standards of achievement as students in on-campus courses;
- Instructors teaching college courses through the concurrent enrollment program meet the academic requirements for faculty teaching in the sponsoring postsecondary institution and are provided discipline-specific professional development; and
- Concurrent enrollment programs display greater accountability through required impact studies, student surveys, and course and program evaluations.
NACEP Board President Lynn Burbank (University of Minnesota – Duluth) remarked “These thirteen programs distinguish themselves as some of the nation’s leading concurrent enrollment programs. We are especially pleased to accredit programs for the first time in Oregon and Pennsylvania, and by the successful reaccreditation of four programs that continue to innovate and operate highly successful college partnerships.”
The full listing of 66 programs nationwide currently accredited by NACEP can be found at:
http://nacep.org/docs/accreditation/NACEPAccreditedPrograms.pdf
1. Indiana University Advance College Project’s accreditation covers the program administered from Bloomington in conjunction with the following regional campuses: East, Kokomo, Northwest, and Southeast.
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The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) is the sole accrediting body for programs that provide opportunities for high school students to simultaneously earn high school and transcripted college credit for college courses taught by high school teachers at their high school. We help ensure these programs adhere to the highest standards, so students experience a seamless transition to college and teachers benefit from ongoing discipline-specific professional development. To advance the field and support NACEP’s network of over 200 colleges and universities in 36 states, we actively share the latest knowledge about best practices, research, and advocacy. NACEP’s annual conference in Mystic, Connecticut October 23-25 will once again be the premier destination for 350 college officials, high school leaders, policymakers, and researchers engaged in creating seamless transitions between high school and college.