Expanding College Access Through Concurrent

EnrollmentKourtney Goya

Assistant Director of Concurrent Enrollment

Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado

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Concurrent Enrollment: High school students enroll in college courses either at a secondary location or at a community college. Instructors must be qualified to teach at a community college and students must meet the pre-requisite qualifications for each course.

Dual Enrollment: High school students complete a college course on their high school campus. Instructors do not need to be qualified to teach at a postsecondary institution and classrooms can be mixed with students taking the course for college credit or high school credit. Dual enrollment courses may be offered through an outreach office on a university campus.

CE v. DE?

• CE/DE students are college students- FERPA

"If the student is under 18, the parents still retain the rights under FERPA at the high school and may inspect and review any records sent by the postsecondary institution to the high school. Additionally, the postsecondary institution may disclose personally identifiable information from the student’s education records to the parents, without the consent of the eligible student, if the student is a dependent for tax purposes under the IRS rules.”

• Students cannot use government financial aid- FY 2017 FERPA Pilot with 44 institutions

• An increased likelihood of enrolling in college after high school

• A decreased need for remediation• Higher earned cumulative credit hours by the end of

students’ first-year, quicker degree completion • Higher first-year grade point averages • Higher first-year retention rates• Increased academic rigor• Flexible high school schedule• Saves money!

Why CE?

1. https://highered.colorado.gov/Publications/Reports/Enrollment/FY2017/2017_Concurrent_Enrollment_April_2018.pdf

2. https://www2.ed.gov/programs/slcp/finaldual.pdf

• Public institutions: $16,1881

– Increase of 33%2

• Private non-profit institutions: $41, 9701

– Increase of 26%2

Cost of Attendance

1. Data from 2014-15, prices and percentages adjusted for inflation2. Data from 2004-5 - 2014-15, prices and percentages adjusted for inflationhttps://nces.ed.gov/FastFacts/display.asp?id=76

• 1.4 million high school students took a CE/DE course in 2010-1- 30% of students enrolled in Career and Technical Education courses- National annual growth is 7%

• Increased participation in schools with larger number of underrepresented populations- Rural schools: 12%

- Racial or ethnic minorities: 12%

- US regional growth in the NE and SE: 9%

• 77% of dual enrollment students took courses at a secondary school location

• 18,000 public high schools offering college courses

National Participation

1. http://users.nber.org/~dynarski/Bailey_Dynarski.pdf2. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013002.pdf3. http://www.nacep.org/research-policy/fast-facts/4. https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=20130025. https://nces.ed.gov/pubsearch/pubsinfo.asp?pubid=2013001

AP v. DE

1. https://nces.ed.gov/pubs2013/2013002.pdf

2. http://media.collegeboard.com/digitalServices/pdf/research/AP-Program-Summary-Report-2011.pdf

● 41,857 CE/DE students in 2016-17 AY- 28,898 students participate in concurrent enrollment- 11,838 Career & Technical Education participation- 9% increase from 2015-16

● 96% of all districts and 86% of high schools offer CE/DE opportunities

● More than 2,000 students earned a certificate or associate’s degree- 3 students earned a bachelor’s degree

● ASCENT- 450 students- 2018-19 AY - about 1,000 applicants

Colorado Participation

1. https://highered.colorado.gov/Publications/Reports/Enrollment/FY2017/2017_Concurrent_Enrollment_April_2018.pdf

• Legislation- ASCENT state funding- School districts pay for cost of attendance- ICAP requirements

• Community College System- Advisory Board, Workgroups, Task Forces

• Traditional College Student Resources- Access to all college resources

Colorado Access & Success

Pikes Peak Community College Partners

2,600 concurrent enrollment students each semester• 18% of PPCC Enrollment

• 39.4% First Generation Students

15 rural school districts• 10.76% of CE Student population

Gender split• 52.16 % Female• 44.20% Male• 3.6% No response

Pikes Peak Community College

1. https://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED562578.pdf2. https://highered.colorado.gov/Publications/Reports/Enrollment/FY2017/2017_Concurrent_Enrollment_April_2018.pdf

• 265+ Students• High school courses

– College orindustrycurriculum

Articulation

• 450 Students• Cohort Model

– High School Schedule

• Inclusive Cost of Attendance• Career and Technical Student

Organizations

– SkillsUSA– HOSA

Career Start

Career Start

Career Start

SkillsUSA District Competition

Career Start

On High School Campus- 900 students/semester- $17/credit hour, no student fees- High school schedule

On College Campus- 1,200 students/semester- Cost of attendance same as traditional student

Rural Schools- 275 students/semester- Blended Campus Pathways

Concurrent Enrollment

Student Success

PPCC Access & Success

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• “No, but” attitude!• Cross-campus partnerships• PSAT scores for course placement• Accuplacer testing at the high schools• CE only orientations• Advising and tutoring at high school campuses• Professional Development Workshops

– Scholarship, mock interviews, resume writing • Rural teacher grants for CE qualifications• High school curriculum partnerships

Challenges• Fear of the unknown• Counselor Crunch• Academic preparedness• Cost of attendance

– Individualized school/school district policies• Transportation• Books• Repayment

• Physical space constraints • High school and college schedule conflicts• 4-year institution partnerships

Kourtney GoyaAssistant Director of Concurrent Enrollment

kourtney.goya@ppcc.edu(719) 502-3157

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