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June 15, 2020
COVID-19 Will Disrupt Early Postsecondary CTE Credit Attainment; Don’t Make Learners Bear the Burden
In a two-part series NACEP and Advance CTE discuss the impacts of the Coronavirus on CTE #dualenrollment. In part one, learn about the challenges many postsecondary institutions are now facing.
read moreApril 13, 2020
Taking College Courses in High School Is Supposed to Save You Money. Here’s How Dual Enrollment Classes Really Work
Forty years of studies suggest that most colleges will accept credit earned through dual enrollment programs, says Tim Stetter, director of UW in the High School at the University of Washington Continuum College.
read moreApril 1, 2020
Ready for what? Postsecondary data on school report cards remains mixed bag
According to 2019 guidance from the U.S. Department of Education, school report cards should include what students are doing after high school graduation “to the extent postsecondary enrollment data are available.” And the data should be disaggregated by racial and ethnic subgroup and whether students have a disability, are English learners or are from low-income families.
read moreMarch 16, 2020
Equity in Higher Education Requires Equal Access to Dual Enrollment in High School
Dual enrollment programs, also known as dual credit or concurrent enrollment programs, have in recent years become a mainstream pathway to higher education for high school students. Their appeal includes the opportunity to reduce the time and cost of obtaining a college degree while simultaneously preparing high school students for challenging college-level coursework.
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