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Julie Lam – ProQuest LLC, 2021
The Advanced Placement (AP) Program has become ubiquitous in terms of earning college credit during high school. Since the College Board incorporated it in 1956, the AP Program has grown to include 38 courses across seven subjects/categories. Recently, approximately half the states have passed legislation guaranteeing credit towards an…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, College Credits, High School Students, Equal Education
Rodriguez, Olga; Payares-Montoya, Daniel; Ugo, Iwunze; Gao, Niu – Public Policy Institute of California, 2023
Dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses and earn college credits, is an important way to expand educational opportunities, improve economic mobility, and meet California's workforce needs (Education Commission of the States 2019). However, historically it has been accessible only to high-achieving students taking…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Access to Education, Higher Education, High School Students
Rodriguez, Olga; Payares-Montoya, Daniel; Ugo, Iwunze; Gao, Niu – Public Policy Institute of California, 2023
These are the appendices for the report, "Improving College Access and Success through Dual Enrollment." Dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses and earn college credits, is an important way to expand educational opportunities, improve economic mobility, and meet California's workforce needs (Education…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, Access to Education, Higher Education, High School Students
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Greer, Wil; Clay, April; Blackmon-Balogun, Ayanna; Louque, Angela Clark – Journal of Negro Education, 2018
The purpose of this study was to explore the achievement perceptions of African American high school males, as related to California's Local Control Funding Formula (LCFF). Although the LCFF was designed to improve equity in school funding, there is grave potential for the needs of African American students to go unmet. Pearson's correlations with…
Descriptors: High School Students, African American Students, Males, Academic Achievement
Light, Noreen – Washington Student Achievement Council, 2016
In 2015, legislation to improve access to dual-credit programs and to reduce disparities in access and completion--particularly for low income and underrepresented students--was enacted. The new law focused on expanding access to College in the High School but acknowledged issues in other dual-credit programs and reinforced the notion that cost…
Descriptors: Dual Enrollment, College Credits, Access to Education, State Legislation
Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education, 2006
This document was designed to inform members of the policy, education, and research communities about existing state and institutional policies and practices associated with four accelerated learning programs: Advanced Placement (AP), dual/concurrent enrollment, the International Baccalaureate (IB) Diploma Program, and Tech-Prep. This effort was…
Descriptors: Advanced Placement Programs, Psychoeducational Methods, Advanced Placement, Acceleration (Education)