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September 17, 2019
NACEP High School Guide
Establishing a high-quality dual and concurrent enrollment program involves a commitment of time and resources on the part of both secondary and post-secondary partners. The NACEP High School Guide outlines the general process a district/high...
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September 11, 2019
Plan to Boost Higher Education Achievement is Credit Positive for the State and its Universities
On August 28, 2019, the Louisiana Board of Regents announced a strategic plan to improve educational attainment levels, aiming to increase the percentage of working-age (25 to 64) state residents with a postsecondary degree or...
August 30, 2019
Higher Education Act
While states have taken the lead in enacting concurrent enrollment policy, federal policy has encouraged states to pursue concurrent enrollment as a strategy for college and career readiness and success. NACEP worked with bipartisan congressional...
August 30, 2019
Federal Programs
Federal Programs While states have taken the lead in enacting concurrent enrollment policy, numerous federal policies encourage the development of concurrent enrollment partnerships between secondary schools and institutions of higher education. The U.S. Department of...
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August 30, 2019
Resources for Researching State Policy
State policy frameworks governing concurrent enrollment vary considerably among the 50 states, ranging from states with limited policies to those with considerable layers of state oversight prompted by state legislation, regulation, and policies. Some states...
August 30, 2019
NACEP in State Policy
NACEP works with state legislators, agencies, and college and university systems to develop quality concurrent enrollment partnerships and hold them accountable to high standards. As the only national set of standards of excellence for concurrent...
August 30, 2019
Perkins Career and Technical Education Act
The Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act, a reauthorization of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Act (referred to as Perkins V) encourages states and local entities to consider...
August 6, 2019
50-State Comparison: Dual/Concurrent Enrollment Policies
Education Commission of the States researched dual/concurrent enrollment policies in all states to provide this comprehensive resource. This resource includes policy found in statutes, regulations and other state policy documents and guidelines, as of April...
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May 24, 2019
Dual Enrollment in Alaska: A 10-year Retrospective and Outcome Analysis
This paper explores the University of Alaska dual enrollment (DE) offerings from 2008 to 2017. It details the distribution of programs across geographic and demographic groups, examines student participation and academic outcomes over this 10-year...
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March 1, 2019
Addressing a Major Barrier to Dual Enrollment: Strategies to Staff Up and Scale Up
A shortage of qualified instructors threatens to derail dual enrollment. Creating a long-term pipeline of faculty who can teach college in high school requires systemic solutions that align complex interests. Read Here
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January 1, 2019
A Review of Empirical Studies on Dual Enrollment: Assessing Educational Outcomes
More than ever, high school students in the United States have ambitious educational goals. That is, most high school students expect to attend college regardless of their academic performance (Jackson & Kurlaender, 2014). In 1976,...