Dual Enrollment Programs
Law & Courts
Court Backs Religious-School Student's Participation in Vermont Dual-Enrollment Program
A federal appeals court rules that recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions support the student's free exercise of religion claim.
College & Workforce Readiness
Keeping Dual Credit Programs From Widening Gaps They're Meant to Close
Nationwide, 12 percent of white students take dual-credit courses in high school, compared to only 8 percent of Hispanic students and 7 percent of Black students, according to a new report by the Aspen Institute and Columbia University's Community College Research Center.
Assessment
News in Brief
Roman Catholic Students Sue Vermont Over Dual-Enrollment Lockout
A group of Vermont high school students backed by a powerful conservative Christian legal organization is accusing the state of religious discrimination.
College & Workforce Readiness
Students From Educated Families More Likely to Take Dual-Credit Courses
New data from the federal government show that dual-enrollment courses are an opportunity that's used disproportionately by white and Asian students, and students whose parents went to college.
School Choice & Charters
KIPP Partners With Bard College on Dual Enrollment
One of KIPP's New Orleans' campuses is partnering with Bard College to offer its upperclassmen a chance to earn an associates degree while in high school. Given KIPP's national footprint, the model has the potential for large expansion.
College & Workforce Readiness
Report Roundup
Dual Credit Classes
Taking dual-credit courses in high school doesn't save students much time or money in college, finds a new study by the American Institutes for Research.
College & Workforce Readiness
Dual Credit: The Good News and the Bad News
Two new studies raise questions about widespread claims that taking dual-enrollment courses in high school can save students time and money in college.
College & Workforce Readiness
Dual Enrollment: Don't Restrict It to High-Achieving Students
A new study calls on states to end the practice of restricting dual-enrollment courses to high-achieving students. It argues that middle-performing students can do well, and reap big benefits, with the right support.
Curriculum
Louisiana Revamps the Rules on Dual-Enrollment Courses
The changes have come amid questions over the rigor of these popular high school classes.
Curriculum
Four Ways to Build a Good Program for College Credit in High School
A new report on dual-credit programs offers nuts-and-bolts advice for program designers to ensure quality, accountability, equity and a wise investment of public funds.
Federal
Could Betsy DeVos' Pitch to Expand School Choice Help Dual Enrollment?
U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos sees dual enrollment and other programs that help high school kids earn college credit as a form of school choice, her favorite K-12 policy.
College & Workforce Readiness
Report Roundup
Dual-Enrollment
Dual-enrollment courses have become a popular way for states to boost college access for traditionally underserved students.
College & Workforce Readiness
Dual Credit: Race and Income Gaps Are Getting Wider, Study Finds
A new study raises questions about whether the students who can benefit most from dual-credit programs are getting adequate access to them.
College & Workforce Readiness
Opinion
Study Sparks Conversations About Equal Access to Acceleration Programs
A Minnesota Office of Higher Education leader comments on the significance and implications of partnership work on an Acceleration Program study.
