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August 1, 2013
Rewarding dual enrollment in performance-based funding formulas: How states can create incentives for college to high school partnerships
Far too few students who enter college succeed in earning a certificate or degree. The problem is especially severe at community colleges, where only about 30 percent of students complete certificates or Associate's degrees within...
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May 6, 2013
Funding Early College: Hold Harmless or Share Commitment
Early college high schools are a promising but expensive pathway to college readiness. Most such schools are supported with state funds and/or grants. This descriptive case study presents an early college program, now in its fourth year...
March 1, 2013
The Impact of Dual Enrollment on College Degree Attainment: Do Low-SES Students Benefit?
Dual enrollment in high school is viewed by many as one mechanism for increasing college admission and completion of low-income students. However, little evidence demonstrates that these students discretely benefit from dual enrollment and whether...
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January 1, 2013
Early college and dual enrollment challenges: Inroads and impediments to access
In recent years, some school reformers have come to see early college and dual enrollment as mechanisms for increasing the academic engagement and performance of a range of students beyond those exhibiting high academic achievement or ability. Despite...
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July 1, 2012
Broadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment
This report documents findings that initiative participants were more likely when compared to similar students who did not participate to graduate from high school, enroll in a four-year college and persist in postsecondary education. They...
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July 1, 2012
Bridging College and Careers: Using Dual Enrollment to Enhance CTE Pathways
This Brief examines associations between CCI dual enrollment participation and various student outcomes for the first two years of the Concurrent Courses Initiative in California. Read Here
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February 5, 2012
What We Know About Dual Enrollment
In dual enrollment (DE), high school students are enrolled in a college course and complete all the assignments that would normally be completed as part of the course. At the end of the course, they...
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October 1, 2010
NACEP Report: Promoting Quality
NACEP Helps States Assess Strategies that Promote Quality Dual EnrollmentNew Report Documents Oversight Practices in Six Experienced States Promoting Quality: State Strategies for Overseeing Dual Enrollment Programs documents the strategies that six states employ to ensure...
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October 1, 2010
Promoting Quality: State Strategies for Overseeing Dual Enrollment Programs
This report documents the strategies that six states employ to ensure that college courses offered to high school students are of the same high quality and rigor as courses offered to matriculated college students. Read...
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February 1, 2009
Funding Dual Credit Programs
More than 87% of America's public high schools offer their students the opportunity to gain college credit prior to graduation. Learning opportunities that allow students to gain college-level credit often are referred to as "dual...
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January 1, 2008
The Benefits of Acceleration: Graduation Advantages
The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of acceleration (dual enrollment) on college graduation. Over 9,200 student records from 1996 to 2006 at North Iowa Area Community College were analyzed in a...