Dual Credit & Articulation

1. Dual Credit & Articulation Debra Mills; CORD dmills@cord.org

2. Chapter 9

3. What's different in a Career Pathways System? • NOT the joining of two parts • NOT trying to make it “fit” • A NEW System DESIGNED as one curriculum spread over two institutions

5. Occupational Cluster:___________ PS Education/Training Programs Entry Requirements Content: Curriculum & Services Standards: Skill; Academic & SCANS Dual Credit Content: Curriculum & Services Sec Education Exit Requirements HS Exit = PS Entrance Career Awareness

6. Articulated credit Dual enrollment; Concurrent Enrollment Dual credit Credit in escrow Tech Prep credit Retroactive credit Also… International Baccalaureate (IB) Middle College HS Credit-based Tuition Programs

7. Dual Credit:Students receive both HS & College credit for a college-level class successfully completed • Dual Enrollment:Students are concurrently enrolled (and taking some college-level classes) in HS & College. They may or may NOT receive HS credit for the college classes.

8. Adapted from Tom Bailey Programs: Broad Categories • SINGLETON -Elective; enrich the HS curriculum; a “head-start” to college. EX: Advanced Placement • COMPREHENSIVE - Many, if not all, of 1-2 years of HS under the College auspices (at HS or CC) EX: International Baccalaureate (IB) program; some tech prep/dual credit models • ENHANCED COMPREHENSIVE – most intensive form; addresses ALL elements (counseling; academics; mentoring, etc) EX: Middle College HS; some dual credit programs

10. Dual enrollment allows high school students to enroll in a college course prior to high school graduation, giving them first-hand exposure to the requirements of college-level work while gaining high school and college credit simultaneously. • Programs for over 30 years • Traditionally=gifted students an academically challenging alternative

11. Argument: less advanced students might not be academically prepared for college-level work Why should we include middle and low-achieving HS students in dual enrollment/credit? Can increase the intensity & rigor of HS curriculum Challenging students leads to high levels of college success Why just gifted (traditionally) ?

12. Limited HS Course Offerings • Budgetary Reasons = limited HS course offerings • Cuts= science & technical courses; upper level courses & ‘extras” (music & art) • Especially helpful in the CTE arena • Many CTE programs are expensive

13. Benefits of Dual CreditBarnett, Gardner, & Bragg (2004) • Reducing college costs for families and the state. • Accelerating student progress toward degree completion. • Providing greater challenges to advanced students. • A more productive senior year of high school. • Wider access to college resources and facilities, especially important to small, rural schools. • Helping students to visualize themselves as “college material.” • Supporting college goals such as improved student recruitment, better community relations, and expansion into new, potentially fund-generating, areas.

14. Power of SITE • Demystifying experience • Ease the psychological transition to college • Avoid “false” starts to college

15. Dual enrollment/credit has the potential... • Facilitate HS-to-College transition for a BROAD RANGE of students • Motivate students to take more rigorous HS curriculum • Shifts focus of occupational ed to PS • Can provide an early warning signal whether students are prepared • Can acclimate HS students to College • Fit with other federal goals (improved career guidance & NCLB)

16. Concerns • Quality and rigor; College-level? • Financial/ administrative burdens • Transferability of credit (especially to 4-yr) • Faculty roles; compensation • Instructor quality • Impact on jobs • Student access • Student readiness for college level work

17. Target Population Admission Req Location Student Mix Instructors Course Content Credit Earning Program intensity Funding State Mandates 10 Features which program can vary

18. Programs also differ in ... • Course Content: Identical college course vs specific design for HS? • Location: College vs HS • Instructors: regular college faculty vs certified HS • Student Mix: teach HS students separately or combine students? • Credits Earned: Immediately? Or other models?

19. Financial Benefits for CC Show me the $$$ • IF taught @ HS, using HS teachers (certified as eligible); paid at adjunct rate • IF state policy =full FTE; then CC generate revenues, EVEN if NO tuition • IF HS pay tuition, then colleges benefit • IF local property taxes are important (less sensitive to enrollments) then there is NO direct $$ incentive, BUT political & recruitment

20. National Picture (from ECS) • 21 states have comprehensive programs • Minimal; no costs • Dual credit earned • Few course restrictions • 26 states have limited programs • Students pay tuition • More academic credit restrictions • Stringent criteria on eligible courses.

21. http://nces.ed.gov/pubs2005/2005009.pdf

27. Funding Models • Funding Follows the Students • Both institutions receive funding

28. Program Approach Organization & Funding Course Delivery Student Selection & Guidance Faculty Selection & Supervision Quality Assurance Relationships between HS & PS Credit Award & Transfer Marketing & Public Information Monitoring & Evaluation Structuring Dual Credit Programs: Key DecisionsDual Credit in IL: Making it Work by Barnett, Gardner, & Bragg; 2004 Beginnings

29. STUDENT SELECTION Meet college entrance requirements May enter college remedial programs Need a “reality checklist” and/or an early warning system Counseling important CURRICULUM College needs to guarantee that courses are college-level Should use college texts and syllabi May be taught by qualified HS or college faculty Dual Credit Components:

30. MONEY S/PS commitment is associated with who gets the funding Charging tuition screens out students Cost savings may be substantial ADMINISTRATION Best when guided by state policies Requires good S/PS communication Systems for credit transfer are needed Evaluation & CQI Dual Credit Components:

31. West Virginia EDGEEarn a Degree – Graduate Early • Kathy D’Antoni; Vice Chancellor; WV Community & Technical College System • 3-28 hours of free college credit • Phase 1: Align curriculum • Phase 2: earn 1st yr of Associate degree w/HS diploma • Phase 3: Earn Associate w/HS diploma WV: New River Gorge

32. dmills@cord.org • 217.247.9930