HomeAbout UsOur PartnershipsResearch and EvaluationIn the Press PublicationsResourcesContact UsBroadening the Benefits of Dual Enrollment: Reaching Underachieving and Underrepresented Students with Career-Focused Programs | By: Katherine L. Hughes, Olga Rodríguez, Linsey Edwards, and Clive Belfield (July 2012)
This new CCRC study suggests that career-focused dual enrollment programs — in which high school students take college courses for credit — can benefit underachieving students and those underrepresented in higher education. The study found that California students who participated in dual enrollment were more likely than similar students in their districts to graduate from high school, enroll in four-year colleges, and persist in college. They also accumulated more college credits and were less likely to take remedial classes. The three-year study, funded by The James Irvine Foundation, examined the outcomes of almost 3,000 students participating in eight dual enrollment programs across California. Sixty percent of participants were students of color, forty percent came from non-English speaking homes, and one third had parents with no prior college experience.
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>>Download the policy brief: Dual Enrollment: Helping Make College a Reality for Students Less Likely to Go
>>Download the practitioner brief: Dual Enrollment for All: Reasons and Ways to Make It Work
>>Download the technical report from the National Center for Postsecondary Research website: Bridging College and Careers: Using Dual Enrollment to Enhance Career and Technical Education Pathways (An NCPR Working Paper)“I Don't Know, I've Never Been to College!” Dual Enrollment as a College Readiness Strategy | By: Melinda Mechur Karp (June 2012). New Directions for Higher Education, vol. 2012
This chapter provides a theoretical framework through which to understand the experiences of dual enrollment students. Through anticipatory socialization and role rehearsal, participants “try out” the role of college student and develop the skills necessary for future postsecondary success.
>>View the article here. (Subscription and/or registration may be required to access external content.)Teaching and Learning in the Dual Enrollment Classroom | By: Katherine L. Hughes and Linsey Edwards (June 2012). New Directions for Higher Education, vol. 2012.
This chapter explores how teaching in a dual enrollment program can foster new approaches to classroom pedagogy. Researchers from the Community College Research Center use qualitative data from California's Concurrent Courses Initiative to describe how program faculty implemented research-based pedagogical strategies in order to improve student persistence.
>>View the article here. (Subscription and/or registration may be required to access external content.)Different Approaches to Dual Enrollment: Understanding Program Features and Their Implications | By: Linsey Edwards, Katherine L. Hughes, and Alan Weisberg (October 2011)
This report discusses eight secondary-postsecondary partnerships in California that sought to integrate dual enrollment with a complementary career-focused strategy for engaging struggling students. The programs featured here join a growing movement to make career-focused dual enrollment part of a promising college and career preparation strategy for a broad range of students.
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This new Dual Enrollment Packet synthesizes and summarizes CCRC's findings on dual enrollment outcomes, presents a case study of how one dual enrollment program increased participation of low-income and underrepresented students, and lays out guiding questions to consider when implementing a dual enrollment program.
>>Download the PDF.Dual Enrollment for High School Students | By: Linsey Edwards and Katherine L. Hughes (June 2011)
This guide was created in partnership with the Career Academy Support Network at the University of California, Berkeley. It is intended to provide practitioners, schools, and districts with a road map for incorporating college coursework into high school academies and pathways. Included in this how-to guide is a list of steps, considerations, and resources, with examples from the Concurrent Courses Initiative.
>>Download the PDFDual Enrollment Policies and Practices: Earning College Credit in California High Schools | By: Joanne Wang Golann and Katherine L. Hughes (August 2008)
This report is intended to inform educators, policymakers, administrators and researchers about current policies and practices that shape dual enrollment in California. The report clarifies current policy and shares examples of existing programs that are successfully providing college credit opportunities to California high school students. It draws from lessons learned in the development of the Concurrent Courses Initiative.
>>Download the PDFDual Enrollment: Postsecondary/Secondary Partnerships to Prepare Students | By: Katherine L. Hughes (July 2010). Journal of College Science Teaching, vol. 31(6).
This Point of View article article describes the various formats for the delivery of dual enrollment courses and how the relationships between high schools and colleges are crucial to student success in these courses.
>>Download the PDF| Presentation at the Educating for Careers Conference 2011, by Alan Weisberg & Lauren Wintermeyer.
Date: March 4, 2011, at 3:00PM
Location: Sacramento Convention Center, Rm. 317/318, Sacramento, CA
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>>Learn more on the conference website| Presentation given at the AERA 2010 Annual Meeting, by Katherine L. Hughes & Linsey Edwards.
Date: April 18, 2010 at 11:15AM
Location: Washington State Convention and Trade Center, Seattle, WA
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>>Learn more on the conference website| Conference session at the Educating for Career Conference 2010, by Katherine L. Hughes, Alan Weisberg, Linda Tiggs-Taylor, & Jenn Clemens.
Date: March 2, 2010 at 11:15AM
Location: Hyatt Regency--Garden 3, Orange County, CA
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>>Learn more on the conference website| Presentation at the 21st Annual California Partnership Academies (CPA) Conference, by Katherine L. Hughes & Dan Williams.
Date: March 27, 2009
Location: Desert Springs JW Marriott Resort, Palm Desert, CA
>>Download the PDF| Presentation at the League for Innovation in the Community College Annual Conference 2009, by Katherine L. Hughes & Dennis Davino.
Date: March 16, 2009, 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM
Location: Grand Sierra, Reno, NV
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