Jumpstart on College and Careers: Dual Enrollment Research, Policies, and Effective Practice
A Lunchtime Forum and Discussion by American Youth Policy Forum and National Center for Postsecondary
Research
Overview:
Increasingly
dual enrollment is becoming a strategy to support and encourage more
students into postsecondary education. In recent years, there has been
a growth in the number of dual enrollment model specifically serving
students who previously had not considered themselves college-bound.
Many of these programs have effectively provided both academic and
technical dual credit courses to student populations traditionally
underrepresented in higher education.
Recent research from the Community College Research Center on dual
enrollment programs in Florida and New York City indicates these
programs have been an effective strategy, particularly for males and
low-income students, to support access and subsequent success in
postsecondary education. Presenters will discuss the findings and
implications from this work as it relates to federal and state policy
as well as practice. In addition, presenters will provide an overview
of the dual enrollment programs examined in this research.
Florida has a strong history of supporting a variety of dual enrollment
programs. Florida law encourages collaboration between K-12 and
postsecondary systems, including requiring all community colleges and
four-year state universities to offer dual enrollment classes to high
school students. All high school students meeting the eligibility
requirements of a minimum GPA (unweighted 3.0 GPA for academic credit
and an unweighted 2.0GPA for vocational courses) and passing scores on
the college placement exams have the opportunity to participate in dual
enrollment courses.
College Now (CN) is a partnership between City University of New York
(CUNY) and New York City Department of Education that provides students
an opportunity to participate in no-cost college coursework
(developmental/remedial and credit-bearing), Regents/SAT prep
workshops, and summer programs with the goal of ensuring all students
are college-ready upon high school graduation. Classes and workshops
are offered in more than 240 New York City (NYC) public high schools
through programs based on all 17 CUNY undergraduate campuses. Students
can receive college credit for some of the coursework, while other
offerings lead to elective high school credit or are developmental
courses that lead to college credit course-taking eligibility. College
Now, which began at Kingsborough Community College more than 20 years
ago, was expanded to a CUNY-wide program in 1999–2000 and has grown
significantly since then. This partnership between CUNY and the New
York City Department of Education has evolved without any state-level
policies supporting dual enrollment. College Now is part of CUNY’s
Collaborative Programs, which is comprised of various partnerships with
the NYC secondary school system.
>> To RSVP, please send an email to aypf@aypf.org by 12:00pm on Wednesday, September 24, 2008.
The American Youth Policy Forum
(AYPF), a nonprofit, nonpartisan professional development organization based in
Washington, DC, provides learning opportunities for policymakers,
practitioners, and researchers working on youth and education issues at the
national, state, and local levels.
AYPF events and publications are made
possible by a consortium of philanthropic foundations: Bill & Melinda Gates
Foundation, William T. Grant Foundation, Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, and
others.
