Federal Policy
March 1, 2021
Research Demonstrates Colorado’s Strategic Investment in Concurrent Enrollment Yields Significant Equity Results
Let’s face it, 2020 was a tumultuous year with a busy news cycle day in and day out. As a result, a lot of outstanding work didn’t get the attention it deserved. Fortunately, our October event Connect 2020: The NACEP Digital Forum provided a platform to share. Today’s post summarizes some exciting findings from Colorado…
read moreDecember 14, 2020
Recommendations for the Biden-Harris Administration to Support Dual Enrollment, Concurrent Enrollment & Early College High Schools
This transition memo offers a set of policy recommendations, with a focus on college in high school programs as a critical lever of change. To date, federal policy has not recognized the unique opportunities, challenges, and importance of the young adult experience and has not created comprehensive policies and structures to support students ages 16-24,…
read moreApril 16, 2020
Fact Sheet: Expanding College Access Through the Dual Enrollment Pell Experiment
Earning a college degree is an increasingly important step towards entering the middle class. Yet less than 10 percent of children born in the bottom quartile of household incomes attain a bachelor’s degree by age 25, compared to over 50 percent in the top quartile. Many high school students—especially those from low-income backgrounds—lack access to…
read moreOctober 12, 2019
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: A State Policy Roadmap for Equity & Quality in College in High School Programs
UNLOCKING POTENTIAL: A State Policy Roadmap for Equity & Quality in College in High School Programs Unlocking Potential provides recommendations for policies that advance the goals of equity and quality for college in high school programs in six different categories: 1. Equity Goal & Public Reporting 2. Program Integrity & Credit Transfer 3. Finance 4….
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