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A new report on the policy implications of College in High School in New York was just released – July, 2023

The State of NY has a rich history of leading program development and delivery of college credits for secondary students, but it lacks a formal policy governing program purpose and function for dual enrollment programs.  In this report by the College in High School Alliance poses recommendations to correct the gap in policy governance.  The report is linked to a 2020 report that provides significant detail on program elements and outcomes.  the link to the policy recommendations and earlier reports […] Read More

Research Development Grants – NACEP call for proposals for 2023-2024

      CALL FOR PROPOSALS 2023-2024 Research Development Grants The National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP) Research Commission is seeking proposals for research grants focused on research on dual and concurrent enrollment programs.  Successful proposals will be funded between $500 – $2,000 in a research grant. Preference will be given to grant proposals that address policies, practices, and topics that are of contemporary relevance and interest to the NACEP Board and NACEP Research Commission, including (listed in alphabetical […] Read More

Helios and WestEd published a Research Brief on Dual Credit Coursework in the State of Florida – good program reviews and strategy implementation

This May 2023 Brief by Helios and WestEd reviews efforts in the State of Florida to provide accelerated coursework and to do so for the broadest student audience possible.  The research compiled survey work on student populations participation and outcomes. Read More

Southern Regional Education Board recently published their report on dual enrollment across 16 member states in the Southeast part of the country

This April 2023 report provides a state to state summary of efforts underway to provide dual enrollment programing, credentials, workforce prep, and funding logic for all states covered by the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB).  SREB’s dual enrollment objectives are well represented among the programs and strategic approaches to providing dual credit course content for students.  Workforce alignment in course content is tied to occupational and university pathways, including content to address teacher shortages in general and in meeting teacher […] Read More

Interesting article via Northern Public Radio about dual credit comparisons to Advanced Placement in Illinois

Dual credit in Illinois is clearly growing in popularity.   Responding to a fifty percent increase in the number of students taking dual credit over the past five years creates interesting challenges for school administrators in Illinois.  Where Advanced Placement can be taught by high school instructors, dual credit teachers need college faculty credentialing (a Masters Degree in the subject matter or a Masters Degree in any field and 18 credits of graduate level course work in the subject matter).  the […] Read More

Jobs for the future tackles prominent obstacles facing rural schools dual enrollment with a case study in Texas

This is a very honest assessment of the types of challenges facing rural schools when designing and delivering dual credit programing. The Executive Summary for the case study provides a quick overview of the challenges along with general suggestions about redressing them.  The Full Case Study of Three Rural Texas High Schools is actually a pretty quick read as well. Read More

Here’s a forward post from Amy Williams of the National Alliance of Concurrent Education Partnerships (NACEP) that compare AP course work to Dual/Concurrent Credit Coursework

Advanced Placement Compared to Dual Credit NACEP provided a collection of recently published articles that look at the similarities and differences in AP courses and Dual Credit courses.  Each of these were created to meet the high achievement student’s need for greater academic challenge.  Dual credit is shifting away from a primary focus on high achievers to redress access and diversity objectives for students that target post-secondary aspirations.  These articles provide a solid understanding of the various benefits and challenges […] Read More

This is a good compendium of articles and publications regarding student outcomes, funding models, and policy for dual credit initiatives

This Collection of articles and research/studies  on dual credit outcomes and performance was assembled by Tracey King Schaller, P. Wesley Routon and Reanna Berry from Georgia Gwinnett College.  I didn’t see content specific to teacher credentialing or dual credit teacher shortages, but it does reflect a lot of mostly positive data and research on dual credit programing success. Read More

Kentucky School authorities establish dual credit attainment goals

In addition to providing some guidelines to state policy on dual credit programing, this article from Kentucky’s Council on Postsecondary Education provides a summary of the progress experienced in Kentucky following scholarship funding for dual credit.  Since 2016, dual credit enrollment has increased by 75%, and currently 42% of high school seniors are graduating with college credit earned through early postsecondary opportunities.   A web link is also provided to the policy pages of the CPE.  https://cpe.ky.gov/ourwork/dualcredit.html  Read More

Federal Legislators weighing in on access to dual enrollment in early college programs

This is a bi-partisan interest in congress that looks to make college more accessible and affordable by kick starting college in High School.  This is a — click here for the article — short article, but important to show legislative support for dual credit programming across the country Read More