"The model offers a few obvious advantages. It solves scheduling issues nicely, since high school schedules often bear little resemblance to college schedules and the high school teachers are there anyway. It also takes transportation challenges off the table because both the students and the teachers are also already there. And since high school teachers often receive instruction in ways to work with adolescents and college faculty don't, the teachers may be better prepared to handle the challenges of working with 16-year-olds."
"Legislators have grown increasingly fond of dual-enrollment programs because they offer the prospect of simultaneously offering new services and cutting spending. School districts often like dual enrollment as a draw to keep high-achieving students attending public school and, increasingly, to keep low-income students attending school at all. Colleges struggling for enrollment see dual enrollment as a way to fill out FTEs. And the data I've seen have generally shown that students who take college classes while in high school are likelier to attend college"
"Politically, that's a potent mix. And on the merits, there's a lot to be said for it. In that context, focusing on faculty credentials can be unpopular. But it matters-or it matters that it doesn't matter. I'm referring here particularly to traditional academic courses, particularly those that fall under a gen ed designation-English, math, history and the like. Courses in more applied technical fields-welding, cybe"
Dual enrollment increasingly uses high school teachers to deliver college courses on high school campuses. That model reduces scheduling and transportation barriers and leverages teachers' experience working with adolescents. Legislators favor dual enrollment for expanding services while reducing costs, and school districts use it to retain high-achieving and low-income students. Colleges use dual enrollment to boost enrollment and FTE counts. Evidence indicates students taking college classes in high school are more likely to enroll in and complete college than demographically similar peers. Credential requirements for instructors matter, especially for traditional gen-ed courses, and the relevance differs for applied technical subjects.
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