CITY COLLEGE OF SAN FRANCISCO, SAN FRANCISCO

Partner: San Francisco Unified School District

City College of San Francisco has a long-running dual enrollment program with multiple high school partners in several career fields. Through the CCI, this site has included more underrepresented students in its programs through targeted outreach efforts and new secondary partnerships. The college has also implemented a credit-bearing orientation program, basic skills courses for struggling students, and on-going CTE professional development.

An annual dual enrollment booklet outlines the over 35 college credit-bearing courses available to high school students on the college campus. To view the fall 2011 brochure, click here.

All high school students enrolling in courses at the Community College of San Francisco must take a placement exam. Click here to see how CCSF shares information about placement testing with students.

Number of students who took courses:

2008–2009: 199
2009–2010: 208

What do students have to say about the program?

Dual enrollment gives us the opportunity to go to a college campus and see what it’s like to learn there.
—2009 focus group

I like how my college course had actual college students.
—2010 survey

It was a great experience.
— 2010 survey

It was an interesting course that gave you a taste of all the engineering fields.
—2010 survey