ERIC Number: ED497806
Record Type: Non-Journal
Publication Date: 2005-Apr
Pages: 36
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Add and Subtract: Dual Enrollment as a State Strategy to Increase Postsecondary Success for Underrepresented Students
Hoffman, Nancy
Jobs for the Future
Dual enrollment--the arrangements by which high school students take college courses during the junior and senior year--is a promising "next best thing" for states wishing to increase the number of underrepresented students gaining a postsecondary credential. Dual enrollment also has the potential to save money for families and taxpayers and shorten time to degree. To make dual enrollment a centerpiece of a strategy to improve college access and success, however, requires shifts in typical dual enrollment policy and legislation and a new way of thinking about its mission. By "adding" supports at the front end--in eleventh and twelfth grades--in order to enable young people to succeed in college-level courses in high school, states can potentially "subtract" from the total expense of educating a young person. "Add and Subtract" is a policy primer for states wishing to implement dual enrollment as a strategy for increasing college credentialing rates of underrepresented students. It provides: (1) An overview of dual enrollment and a rationale for its expansion; (2) Guidelines (including funding models) for states wishing to implement dual enrollment for a wider range of students; and (3) Brief case studies of substantial dual enrollment programs that serve a wide range of students--Florida and Utah and College Now at the City University of New York--and offer lessons for an expanded mission for dual enrollment. (Contains 4 tables and 28 endnotes.) ["Add and Subtract" is part of Double the Numbers, a Jobs for the Future Initiative.]
Descriptors: Time to Degree, Dual Enrollment, High School Students, College Attendance, Costs, Higher Education, Access to Education, Statewide Planning, Disadvantaged, Guidelines, Funding Formulas, Case Studies, Educational Policy
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Publication Type: Guides - Non-Classroom; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: High Schools; Higher Education
Audience: Policymakers
Language: English
Sponsor: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.; Ford Foundation, New York, NY.
Authoring Institution: Jobs for the Future, Boston, MA.
Identifiers - Location: Florida; New York; Utah
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