Dual Enrollment in the Broader Context of College-Level High School Programs

Autor/inn/en	Klopfenstein, Kristin; Lively, Kit
Titel	Dual Enrollment in the Broader Context of College-Level High School Programs
Quelle	In: New Directions for Higher Education, (2012) 158, S.59-68 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0271-0560
DOI	10.1002/he.20015
Schlagwörter	High School Students; Advanced Placement; Community Colleges; Elementary Secondary Education; Academic Standards; Geographic Location; Dual Enrollment; Tuition; College Bound Students; College Credits; College Preparation; Time to Degree; Profiles; Academic Aspiration; Educational Policy; Program Effectiveness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? High school; High schools; Student; Students; Oberschule; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Community college; Community College; Doppelstudium; Unterweisung; Unterricht; College; Colleges; Achievement; Performance; Anrechnung; Hochschule; Fachhochschule; Leistung; Charakterisierung; Profilanalyse; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik
Abstract	In recent decades, as pressures have mounted to raise K-12 academic standards and move more students into and through college, high schools have provided a growing array of programs that offer college-level content. Frequent claims suggest that these programs raise academic standards, prepare students for college, and shorten the time to a baccalaureate degree, saving tuition costs and speeding entry into a career. This article compares the two most popular college-level programs, Advanced Placement (AP) and dual enrollment, and explains how choosing between the two is likely to be contingent on such varied factors as a school's geographic location and a student's academic profile and postsecondary aspirations. The authors also address how perceptions of AP's superiority have arisen from its popularity in top-ranked suburban high schools, perceptions that have influenced education policies and have led to the use of AP in schools where dual enrollment may be a better fit for students. Finally, they examine the efficacy of both programs in accelerating time to a baccalaureate degree. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10