1:00 pm - 2:00 pm EST

Presenters:

Dr. Rogeair Purnell and Dr. Darla Cooper

Description: The learning and evaluation team for the Dual Enrollment for Equitable Completion (DE4EC) initiative explored how a subset of 10 California community colleges and their high school partners are building dual enrollment programs centered on strengthening equitable access and completion outcomes for those underrepresented in higher education, including but not limited to African American/Black, Hispanic/Latine, low-income, and first-generation students. Our mixed methodological approach included: (1) focus groups with community college and K12 dual enrollment partners and students, and (2) quantitative analyses highlighting differences in secondary and postsecondary academic outcomes for dual enrollment students and a matched group of non-dual-enrolled peers.

In this webinar, Dr. Rogeair Purnell and Dr. Darla Cooper will present the results from the quantitative analysis, including comparisons for the groups mentioned above, as well as male students.. These findings demonstrate that students involved in these dual enrollment partnerships experienced higher success rates in several key indicators, including high school GPA and graduation rates, college-going rates, and success and retention rates in the first year of college, outcomes that are important to students’ ultimate goals: credential and degree completion, transfer, and workplace success.