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Joel Pace – ProQuest LLC, 2021
Dual credit programs have become important gateway programs between universities and school districts across the nation. The ability for high school students to take academically rigorous college courses while still in high school creates a situation that can be beneficial to students, parents, districts, and higher education partners. Morehead…
Descriptors: Public Colleges, Universities, Dual Enrollment, College Credits
Reed, Sherrie; Hurtt, Alexandria; Kurlaender, Michal; Luu, Justin; Merritt, Cassandra – Policy Analysis for California Education, PACE, 2023
Academic preparation is a key factor in readiness for college-level work. Students who enroll in rigorous courses while in high school realize better secondary and postsecondary outcomes. Evidence from California suggests that rigorous learning opportunities may not be equally distributed across the state, prompting questions about course…
Descriptors: Equal Education, College Preparation, Course Selection (Students), Mathematics Education
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
Stakeholders on Guåhan (Guam) are concerned that many Guåhan public high school graduates may be underprepared for college. In 2018 more than 50 percent of students entering Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam) and Kulehon Kumunidåt Guåhan (Guam Community College) were placed into developmental math or English courses.1 This study examined…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students
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Shannon, Lisa; Cosby, Anne; Rentz, Bradley; Henschel, Molly; Arens, Sheila A.; Holquist, Samantha E. – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
On Guåhan (Guam), the large percentages of students enrolling in non-credit-bearing courses at Kulehon Kumunidåt Guåhan (Guam Community College) and Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam) have raised concerns about college readiness and early college success. Without adequate research on predictors of college readiness and early success among…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students
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Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
These are the appendixes for the study, "Using High School Data to Predict College Readiness and Early College Success on Guåhan (Guam)." On Guåhan (Guam), the large percentages of students enrolling in non-credit-bearing courses at Kulehon Kumunidåt Guåhan (Guam Community College) and Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam) have raised…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students
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Shannon, L.; Cosby, A.; Rentz, B.; Henschel, M.; Arens, S. A.; Holquist, S. E. – Regional Educational Laboratory Pacific, 2021
On Guåhan (Guam), the large percentages of students enrolling in non-credit-bearing courses at Kulehon Kumunidåt Guåhan (Guam Community College) and Unibetsedåt Guåhan (University of Guam) have raised concerns about college readiness and early college success. Without adequate research on predictors of college readiness and early success among…
Descriptors: College Readiness, Academic Achievement, College Freshmen, College Students
Williams, Candace – New England Board of Higher Education, 2016
"Dual enrollment" refers to programs in which students take postsecondary courses while simultaneously enrolled in high school. While programs differ among and within states, all programs share the goal of supporting students to complete their postsecondary education more quickly and cheaply while also fulfilling high school graduation…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Educational Policy, High School Students, College Credits
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Kinnick, Katherine N. – New Directions for Higher Education, 2012
Proving the value of dual enrollment to the institution has become particularly important in recent years as the recession has squeezed state budgets for higher education. Programs that are not viewed as offering benefits to the institution become vulnerable in tough economic times. In addition, to operate effectively, all dual enrollment programs…
Descriptors: Program Effectiveness, Dual Enrollment, Higher Education, Budgets
James Irvine Foundation, 2012
A three-year study tracking outcomes for approximately 3,000 students across California shows that career-focused dual enrollment programs can provide important benefits for those who are underachieving and underrepresented in higher education. Dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses and earn college credit, was…
Descriptors: College Credits, Dual Enrollment, Non English Speaking, Career Development
James Irvine Foundation, 2012
A three-year study tracking outcomes for approximately 3,000 students across California shows that career-focused dual enrollment programs can provide important benefits for those who are underachieving and underrepresented in higher education. Dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses and earn college credit, was…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Participation, College Credits, Dual Enrollment
Jacobs, Jonathan; North, Tom – Oregon University System, 2008
A dual credit course is a college/university level course that is taught at a high school, by a high school teacher, in partnership with a community college (CCWD) or Oregon University System (OUS) institution. Successful completion of a dual credit course counts as credit for both high school and college. In 2005-06, about 12,000 students took…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Credits, High School Students, Program Effectiveness
Shelby, Thomas H. – Bureau of Education, Department of the Interior, 1926
This report concerns itself with the growth and progress of "general" university extension for the biennial period 1922-1924. By general university extension is meant extension activities of universities and colleges in the fields not covered by agricultural and home economics extension under the Federal subsidy acts through the Federal land-grant…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Extension Education, Land Grant Universities, Federal Legislation