Dear members of the College in High School Alliance,
Thanks to the generous support of the ECMC Foundation, Joyce Foundation, & Strada Education Foundation the College in High School Alliance has today released a Request for Proposals to recruit seven states over a two-year period to form the Next Phase of Dual Enrollment Policy Cohort, and receive technical assistance and funding to support those states in significantly advancing their policy structures to support dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and early college high school opportunities for students.
With the recent news that dual enrollment participation has expanded to 2.5 million students and that dual enrollment makes up 21% of total enrollments at community colleges nationwide, thoughtful state policy for dual enrollment has never been more critical. Dual enrollment is reshaping the education landscape and many students’ transition between secondary and postsecondary education, and policy systems need to be responsive to these changes.
To that end, CHSA is excited to offer technical assistance and funding to support a cohort of seven states in working collaboratively and with national dual enrollment experts from Achieving the Dream, Advance CTE, Bard College, Foresight Law + Policy, Jobs for the Future, the Middle College National Consortium, and the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP), to implement the state-focused recommendations of The Next Phase of Dual Enrollment Policy: A Vision for the Field. States will also be awarded a $20,000 grant to support this project. Through this project, states will work to: - Set a Statewide Vision for Dual Enrollment: Each state will publish a public vision for its dual enrollment programs and policy that is focused on addressing access gaps, is integrated into the state’s existing secondary and postsecondary agendas, and is aligned across systems. This vision will also include a measurable goal, depending on the state’s availability of regular data on dual enrollment access and success.
- Create Policy Plans to Close Access Gaps: Each state will examine its policies and statewide practices impacted by those policies related to dual enrollment access and success for rural students and one other underrepresented student population to be selected by the state based on its data on student access and success gaps, and develop and begin to implement an action plan to advance policy and practice to close access and success gaps for these students.
- Create Policy Plans to Make Dual Enrollment Intentional for Students: Each state will examine its policies and practices related to ensuring students have intentional dual enrollment experiences – including through deploying policy to build more structured dual enrollment programs that offer pathways and programs of study, and/or providing students with high-quality counseling and advising – and develop and begin to implement an action plan to advance policies and practices to ensure students are having the most meaningful dual enrollment experiences possible that support their post-high school plans.
More information on this opportunity is available in the Request for Proposals and the accompanying Application Guide, which provides a lot more details on our vision for the project. Applications are due through our Application Form by the end of the day on October 18, 2024.
There is also an Interested Applicants Webinar being held on Wednesday September 25 3:30 PM – 4:30 PM ET to learn more about the opportunity and ask any questions you may have. You can sign up for the webinar here.
We hope your state will review the opportunity and consider submitting an application. We encourage you to see this as a significant opportunity to receive a lot of support from national experts and peers around dual enrollment policy that will allow your state to take a big step forward in its dual enrollment policy and practice ecosystem.
Please don’t hesitate to let me know if you have any questions or wish to chat further about whether this opportunity might be right for your state. Thank you for your consideration!
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