How Can Community Colleges Afford to Offer Dual Enrollment College Courses to High School Students at a Discount? CCRC Working Paper No. 130

Autor/inn/en	Belfield, Clive; Jenkins, Davis; Fink, John
Institution	Columbia University, Community College Research Center (CCRC)
Titel	How Can Community Colleges Afford to Offer Dual Enrollment College Courses to High School Students at a Discount? CCRC Working Paper No. 130
Quelle	(2023), (36 Seiten) PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Community Colleges; Dual Enrollment; High School Students; Economic Factors; Tuition; Educational Improvement; Access to Education; Sustainability; Costs; Efficiency; Florida; Ohio; Texas + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Community college; Community College; Doppelstudium; High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Ökonomischer Faktor; Unterweisung; Unterricht; Teaching improvement; Unterrichtsentwicklung; Education; Access; Bildung; Zugang; Bildungszugang; Nachhaltigkeit; Cost; Kosten; Effectiveness; Effektivität; Wirkungsgrad
Abstract	Dual enrollment--in which students take college credit-bearing courses when still in high school--is becoming increasingly popular. Community college programs account for about 70% of the dual enrollment that more than one million high school students participate in each year nationwide. Yet dual enrollment can be a big financial burden for community colleges. In most parts of the country, community colleges receive less funding per dual enrollment student than they receive for their regular, non-dual-enrollment students. If community colleges are to continue to provide broad access to high-quality programs, they need to be able to sustain these programs. In this paper, we consider the economics of dual enrollment from the perspective of the community college. We illustrate how dual enrollment may not be financially sustainable in colleges and states where it is offered at a discount, but we also show how community colleges can structure their programs to be more efficient. To support our analysis, we describe case studies to show the conditions under which dual enrollment is affordable and efficient. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01