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Download full textPalica, Mike – Utah System of Higher Education, 2022
A typical bachelor's degree within the Utah System of Higher Education (USHE) requires 120 credit hours while a typical associate degree requires 60. If a student enrolls in 15 credit hours per semester, it would take them a total of eight semesters to complete 120 credit hours for a bachelor's degree and four semesters to complete 60 credit hours…
Descriptors: College Credits, Graduation, Bachelors Degrees, Associate Degrees
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Direct linkRobert Schwarzhaupt; Krissy Zeiser; Kyle Neering; Sara Mitchell; Mengli Song – Society for Research on Educational Effectiveness, 2023
Background: Early Colleges (ECs) are a type of rapidly growing dual enrollment program proven to be successful in helping underrepresented students get a jumpstart on their postsecondary education. To date, the most rigorous evidence on the impact of ECs has come from two lottery-based natural experiments conducted by the SERVE Center (Edmunds et…
Descriptors: High School Students, Dual Enrollment, Advanced Courses, Advanced Placement
McKay, Heather; Douglas, Daniel; Edwards, Renee; Khudododov, Khudodod – Grantee Submission, 2020
In September 2015, the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE) was awarded a First in the World (FITW) grant from the United States Department of Education. Interstate Passport® is the only nationwide network of regionally accredited, nonprofit, public and private two- and four-year institutions dedicated to the block transfer…
Descriptors: Interstate Programs, College Transfer Students, Enrollment, College Credits
Kramer, Dennis A., II; Holcomb, Michael R.; Kelchen, Robert – Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis, 2018
The growth of the public discourse on college completion and student debt has pushed policymakers and institutional leaders to implement a variety of policies aimed at incentivizing student completion. This article examines state-adopted excess credit hour (ECH) policies on student completion and median debt outcomes. Using a quasi-experimental…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Credits, School Policy, Educational Policy
Kearl, Christine; Byrnes, Deborah; Maahs-Fladung, Cathy – eJEP: eJournal of Education Policy, 2013
This was a study about the New Century Scholarship (NCS) program offered to Utah high school students at commencement for earning an Associate of Arts (AA) degree by the time they graduate from high school. An Associate of Arts degree is earning 60 college credits toward a specific AA program. The goal of the NCS program was to assist students to…
Descriptors: State Programs, Scholarship, High School Students, Program Descriptions
Viehland, Dennis W.; Kaufman, Norman S. – 1982
Changes in tuition and fee levels at public institutions from academic year 1981-82 to 1982-83 are reviewed, with specific state-by-state, institution-by-institution data provided for the three previous years. The states included are Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, Washington, and…
Descriptors: College Credits, College Students, Community Colleges, Comparative Analysis
