Dr. Stephen Pruitt, SREB – Moderator

Dr. David Gardner, Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board

Dr. Debbie Blanke, Oklahoma State Regents for HigherEducation

Dr. Ken Sauer, Indiana Commission for Higher Education

Accelerated Learning Options: An Underutilized Approach to Increase Success for All Students

• Dual (concurrent) enrollment in general continues to increase

• Accelerated options have shown a positive impact on student readiness to do college-level work, persistence, affordability, and completion

• Dual Enrollment has also been embraced by many policymakers

Dual Enrollment Context

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• Dual Enrollment has not met its potential in terms of establishing equitable access for all students– Lower percentage of Hispanic students (30%) and Black

student s (27%) took courses for postsecondary credit in high school than did White or Asian students (both 38%)

– Students in city schools more commonly took these courses on a college campus (26%) than did students in rural high schools (11%)

– Students in rural schools more commonly took these courses online (12%) than did suburban students (5%)

But…

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Dual Credit and 60x30TX

David W. Gardner, Ph.D.Deputy Commissioner for Academic Planning and

Policy/Chief Academic Officer

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Graduates with Dual Credit

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Bachelor’s 105,631 33,871 32.1

Associate 75,113 18,125 24.1

Certificate 24,486 4,643 19.0

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AIR findingshttp:/ / www.thecb.state.tx.us/ reports/ PDF/ 11641.PDF?CFID=87411184&CFTOKEN=36079171• Dual‐credit education boosts college enrollment and completion mostly through

two‐year institutions

• The benefits generated by dual credit education greatly exceed (by 5x) the cost of delivery.

• For the courses examined, dual credit courses were as rigorous as college credit‐only courses

• Constraints faced by high school counselors and college advisors can challenge the advising that dual credit students receive

• Student-borne costs, extracurricular activities, and scheduling challenges reported to be most common barriers to dual credit participation

• State and district policies and school philosophies determine the extent that high school counselors and college advisors actively targeted certain student groups

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Benefits• Higher academic

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retention rates, and completion rates;

• Reduced costs to families;• Shortens time to degree.

Challenges/Barriers• Waiver for tuition only;• Unfunded mandate for

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the colleges;• No cost share with K-12;• Primary delivery by

community college but completions at universities;

• Demand for early college growing.

Accelerated Learning Options:Dual Credit and Early College in Indiana

SHEEO Policy Conference, BostonAugust 7, 2019

Ken Sauer, Ph.D.Senior Associate Commissioner and Chief Academic Officer

Indiana Commission for Higher EducationOffice: (317) 232-1090

Cell: (317) 908-0536Email: ksauer@che.in.gov

Dual Credit/Early College:Statewide Ingredients for Success

1. Legislation (2 Dual Credit and 2 AP Classes)2. Transfer and Applicability3. Funding (Recurring Line Item; STEM Teacher

Recruitment)4. Policy5. Practice (Infrastructure of Schools, Colleges

and Universities, IDOE)6. Data (To Track Student Outcomes)

Focus on Dual Credit

• Liberal Arts Courses– Priority Courses for Funding Purposes (42 Courses)– Courses Drawn from the Core Transfer Library (88

CTL Courses)– Statewide Transfer Gen Ed Core (STGEC)

• CTE Courses– Current Crosswalk to Certificates, Degrees– CTE Concentrator Initiative

Focus on Early College

• Partnership with the University of Indianapolis (CELL – Center of Excellence in Leadership of Learning) since Jan. 2013

• Endorsement Process (3 steps):– Emerging (39 high schools)– Pursuing (15 high schools)– Endorsed (30 high schools)

• Postsecondary Partner (NACEP/State NACEP)

Focus on Results and Equity(Jan. 2019 Analysis of 2016 Cohort of HS Grads)

Increase in Percent of HS Grads Earning Dual Credit (2012 and 2016 Cohorts):• Black: 22% to 35% (+13%)• Hispanic: 31% to 49% (+18%)• Asian: 33% to 60% (+27%)• White: 42% to 63% (+21%)• Free/Reduced Lunch: 31% to 48% (+17%)• No Free/Reduced Lunch: 43% to 63% (+20%)

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