Dual Enrollment

When Berkeley City College (BCC) counselors Dri Regalado and Skyler Barton set out to ramp up equitable counseling practices for dual enrollment, they worked to change the hearts and minds [...]

The Los Angeles Regional Consortium (LARC) serves as a convener of college and high school pathway coordinators and associated practitioners in the Los Angeles region. A primary goal of the [...]

At Cerritos College, the Dean of Counseling, Eliza Hoyos Vences, and the Department Chair, Chelena Fisher, sought to close gaps in serving students and solve the challenge of students receiving [...]

Major legislation supporting expansion of equitable dual enrollment is now with the Governor to sign or veto by the end of the month. The bill, AB 359 (Holden), builds on [...]

Recent state investments support colleges and high schools to work together in preparing students for college and career. Taking stock of potential partners in your area can help plan a [...]

The CLP Dual Enrollment Access Gap Tool is a free resource to help college and high school practitioners identify gaps in dual enrollment access by age/grade level and race/ethnicity. The [...]

A new resource from Engage R+D in partnership with CLP, Striving for Equitable Completion: Strengthening Dual Enrollment in California, explores K-12 perspectives on dual enrollment. The report describes [...]

What happens when nonprofits and funders come together to share insights, strengthen connections, and spur action?

Along with more than a dozen nonprofits, CLP participated in the Policy [...]

The Governor’s Office and the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) today announced that they submitted an Ability to Benefit (ATB) State-Defined Plan for approval by the U.S. Department of [...]

Tommy Reed, Umoja Counselor at Chabot College, seeks to create an HBCU-like experience where all community college students feel valued and cared for. He doesn’t stop there; he also seeks [...]

East Los Angeles College (ELAC) prides itself on being a part of the community and building a family of learners in partnership with local community organizations. The relationships between community-based [...]

Check out a new learning and communication resource on high-quality dual enrollment, recently released by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. The resource is a learning deck of slides that [...]

Over 600 attendees, presenters and sponsors gathered at the second annual California Dual Enrollment Equity Conference in Long Beach on February 20-23. The conference featured pre-conference sessions, two [...]

High school students from across East Los Angeles convened at the first annual, student-led Dual Enrollment Summit on March 1 at East Los Angeles College (ELAC). Current dual enrollment students [...]

The California Department of Education (CDE) held a technical assistance webinar last week for those interested in applying for the Dual Enrollment Opportunities competitive grant program. This is Round 2 [...]

Over the past few years, colleges and their high school partners have been developing and expanding equitable dual enrollment opportunities, particularly through College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) [...]

Funding opportunities for the Golden State Pathways Program (GSPP) and Round 2 Dual Enrollment grants (CCAP and Middle/Early College) were just released by the California Department of Education (CDE).
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High expectations coupled with robust student supports are markers of quality dual enrollment. At the December 5 CCAP webinar, practitioners and students from Berkeley City College and Mendocino College joined [...]

Monthly office hours are now open for College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) dual enrollment grantees! Starting in January, CLP will be hosting monthly 90-minute office-hour style webinars. You’ll be [...]

CLP joined the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office (CCCCO) and the California Department of Education (CDE) at a State Dual Enrollment Academy convened by the College in High School Alliance [...]

It was great to see everyone at this year’s SSSC. CLP presented three breakout sessions and two post-conference workshops. Access slide decks and resources below.

Equitable Dual Enrollment: [...]

California is stepping up support for the educational and career aspirations of all students, including adult learners. The governor’s recent executive order to create a master plan for career education [...]

Dual enrollment participation is increasing statewide, but there are still equity gaps. CLP’s dual enrollment capacity-building webinar, Using Data to Inform Equity, reviewed a recent report from the Public Policy [...]

Register now for three upcoming CLP webinars on design and implementation issues in dual enrollment. The webinars are intended for partnerships that recently received state grants to develop, expand, or [...]

Dual enrollment can help increase college access, completion, and transfer rates, particularly for students from communities that have been historically underrepresented in college. Many community colleges in California are expanding [...]

With $500 million in funding for Golden State Pathways and $200 million for Dual Enrollment, California is making a once-in-a-lifetime investment in students and our shared future prosperity. But ensuring [...]

We are proud to be a part of the Dual Enrollment Coalition of California (DECC). By working together, DECC advances a shared vision of high-quality dual enrollment for equity, in [...]

Innovative practices, actionable resources, and the latest research are all on the agenda for the inaugural California Dual Enrollment Equity conference on May 2-3 at the Bakersfield Marriott Convention Center. [...]

California continues to advance its commitment to equitable dual enrollment. New legislation introduced by Assembly Member Chris Holden, AB 368, would further refine College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) dual [...]

Dual enrollment leaders from three colleges shared successes and challenges from their work to identify implementation issues and expand equitable dual enrollment on the March 14 webinar hosted by CLP [...]

Working in collaboration with the Los Angeles Regional Consortium, CLP’s March 7 webinar focused on opportunities to align current and future funding opportunities for greater impact in the L.A. region. [...]

Melisa Osuna had her first experience with college classes in a Chicano Studies dual enrollment class offered at her high school. Now this first-generation college student is a new graduate [...]

Dual enrollment is a powerful acceleration strategy for college completion. Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment while in high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist [...]

Last week’s CLP webinar, Equitable Dual Enrollment: Applying for the New State Grants, featured Arvin High School’s award-winning dual enrollment partnership with Bakersfield College. Presenters from Arvin High School and [...]

Applications for state dual enrollment grants are now open. The California Department of Education (CDE) recently released the RFAs for College and Career Access Pathways (CCAP) grants and Middle College [...]

Ability to Benefit (ATB) is a path to eligibility for federal aid for students who don’t have a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent. Adult dual enrollment is designed [...]

The good news is that students in California can attend a community college without a high school diploma or its equivalency. In California, unlike most other states, the door to [...]

Resources for Dual Enrollment Online Onboarding
Career Ladders Project convened a group of practitioners from across the state to share resources for online onboarding of dual enrollment students. We [...]

County Office of Education CCAP Partnerships with Colleges
At the January 25 webinar, presenters talked about their current dual enrollment partnerships with county offices of education, and how they’re [...]

The $700M in funding for Golden State Pathways and Dual Enrollment is an exciting, important investment in California students and our future. But ensuring these dollars result in increased college [...]

Dual enrollment1 across the Kern Community College District (KCCD) has grown dramatically in the past nine years. In 2013–14, there were fewer than 1,000 dual enrollment students at the district’s [...]

Effective partnership between K-12 districts or high schools and community colleges is at the heart of high-quality, equitable dual enrollment that truly works for students and benefits our communities. But [...]

California’s $700 million investment in Golden State Pathways and dual enrollment promises to dramatically increase college and career opportunities for students. The $200 million for dual enrollment will be available [...]

Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment during high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist in college to completion than their peers who don’t, according to [...]

California is rethinking dual enrollment. Long acknowledged as an effective acceleration strategy, dual enrollment has emerged as a powerful equity strategy when designed for the success of students who might [...]

Dual enrollment opportunities are key to increasing college access, completion, and transfer rates for students who are historically underrepresented in college. And for students whose learning was impacted by COVID-19, [...]

As a junior at Esteban E. Torres High School in East Los Angeles, Melisa Osuna didn’t know what to expect from her first college experience, a Chicano Studies dual enrollment [...]

CLP is leading two post-conference workshops at the upcoming Strengthening Student Success Conference in Garden Grove. One focuses on equitable counseling and the other on the impact of dual enrollment. [...]

High-quality dual enrollment – is designed along pathways that lead to certificates and degrees of value, includes embedded student supports, and where students who are underrepresented in higher education or [...]

Dual enrollment opportunities can help increase college access, completion, and transfer rates for groups of students that are historically underrepresented in college by letting them get a leg up on [...]

“So if you’re a high school student trying to take dual enrollment, it’s one of the best things you can do. I stopped working in the fields with my parents [...]

Dual enrollment holds the promise of successfully transitioning high school students into college with more degree completions in a shorter time. When implemented with quality, it has been shown to [...]

As California has moved in recent years to strengthen and expand dual enrollment, a group of community foundations in the Central Valley has been at the forefront of developing a [...]

Dual enrollment, which allows a student to enroll in both high school and college at the same time, has long been acknowledged as a powerful acceleration strategy for college completion. [...]

“Just because we’re foster youth doesn’t mean we’re not capable… some people consider that a disadvantage… it doesn’t mean that’s our whole world.” This message to foster youth is from [...]

Iris is an 18 year old Riverside Community College (RCC) student who found her way to community college via dual enrollment. Iris is a foster youth who bounced around to [...]

An “acceleration, not remediation” approach has led to remarkable success for Black students in the early college program at Mount Miguel High School. Dr. Mark Jeffers, Matador Early College Program [...]

CLP co-presented two breakout sessions at this year’s Strengthening Student Success Conference.

A Community Engagement Approach to Dual Enrollment for Equity

Community engagement increases dual enrollment [...]

Five college-high school partnership sites in the San Francisco Bay Area will be working to expand dual enrollment opportunities for students who are low-income or are from Black, Latinx, or [...]

It’s been a year since CLP launched the webinar series Problem-Solving: Moving Dual Enrollment Online. Since then, practitioners have come up with creative ways to support students in this challenging [...]

CLP’s research on dual enrollment, which highlights the critical importance of intentional design for equity and student completion, was cited in recently released guidelines from the U.S. Department of Education [...]

We’re excited to announce the launch of a new dual enrollment initiative in the Bay Area of northern California funded by Tipping Point Community. Supporting the ultimate goal of increasing college success [...]

The Stanislaus Cradle to Career Partnership (C2C) is a vibrant, cross-sector, mission-driven community partnership. The core belief that all children can reach their full educational potential is what fuels their [...]

To support dual enrollment practitioners across California as instruction and student services moved online, CLP hosted a series of problem-solving webinars from March through December 2020. Topics included implementing emergency [...]

CLP’s monthly dual enrollment problem-solving webinar series concludes this week with a focus on dual enrollment integrated with guided pathways redesign. Since the first webinar in late March shortly after [...]

Mark your calendar for the final problem-solving webinar on December 10 as we discuss Redesigning for Guided Pathways and Dual Enrollment. To register, click here.

To learn more via webinar [...]

This year’s Strengthening Student Success Conference is unrolling virtually each Friday in October. The conference underscores the continuing equity imperative for redesign. CLP and LearningWorks are partnering with 3CSN and [...]

The Aspen Institute and the Community College Research Center have teamed up to release The Dual Enrollment Playbook: A Guide to Equitable Acceleration for Students. They examined nine dual enrollment [...]

Career Ladders Project convened a group of practitioners from across the state to share resources for online onboarding of dual enrollment students. We developed a list of videos, presentations, handouts [...]

Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment during high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist in college to completion than their peers who don’t. Some studies [...]

CLP hosts several virtual communities of practice for practitioners. Each community of practice provides a space to connect with colleagues and share news and ideas.

California Counseling Network [...]

Career Ladders Project convened a small group of dual enrollment practitioners in a “think tank” in fall 2019, funded by the College Futures Foundation, focused on improving the paper-based enrollment [...]

An overview of three essential components of transition strategies
Connection
What connection means: K-12 schools and districts, community colleges, four-year institutions, employers, and community organizations connect through collective [...]

Bakersfield College is working to make dual enrollment available to all high school students in its vast and largely rural service area in Kern County. A strategy for equity, the [...]

Studies have shown positive outcomes for students who participated in a high-quality Dual Enrollment while in high school, compared with their peers who didn’t. They are more likely to graduate [...]

More than 300 practitioners from community colleges across California gathered in Bakersfield on Nov. 15 to learn about and explore intentional, supported pathways as a strategy for equity.

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A Case Study
Bakersfield College is leading a sea change. Collaborating with numerous partners across Kern County, the college aims to enable every high school student in its vast [...]

Bakersfield College aims for every high school student in its vast service area to have the opportunity to enroll in college courses while in grades 9 through 12. Hundreds already [...]

Many community college practitioners across California look forward all year to recharging during the Strengthening Student Success Conference. Each year, we return home energized and full of new information and [...]

Career Ladders Project promotes dual enrollment as a strategy for equity — measured by course and degree completion, achievement in high school and college, and other indicators — for subgroups [...]

Professional development for K-12 and college practitioners!
Career Ladders Project offers workshops and professional development on building and managing dual enrollment in California. Here are videos, presentations, and information [...]

Dual enrollment starts with a partnership of colleges and K-12 schools or districts. Sharing a solid understanding of each partner’s limits, strengths, and areas of flexibility is essential to a [...]

The application of federal privacy law to dual enrollment can be confusing because it transfers certain privacy rights from parents to students when students reach age 18 or enroll in [...]

Students who are English-language learners contribute new ways of thinking and seeing based on the additional languages they speak; that asset can help the whole class so it is important [...]

Brain development theories indicate several strategies are particularly effective in working with adolescent learners.

Each partner in a dual enrollment agreement can provide foundational content for professional development in different areas. Dual enrollment courses may be taught by “regular” college instructors who are subject-area [...]

Challenges and promising approaches across California
Students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment during high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist in college to completion [...]

A CLP Working Paper
Multiple studies have shown that students who participate in high-quality dual enrollment programs during high school are more likely to graduate, enter college, and persist [...]

Advancing Dual Enrollment in California
Dual enrollment, which has long been recognized as a powerful strategy to increase college enrollment, success, and affordability, is on the brink of widespread [...]

Students who participate in dual enrollment at a community college during high school are more likely to graduate and enter college, and they’re more likely to complete a certificate, degree, or transfer. And the students who are most underrepresented in community colleges [...]

ELAC’s leaders are deeply committed to providing supports and dedicated staff to ensure that underserved students can study within structures that lead to their success. ELAC’s large dual enrollment program, [...]

Administrators at Norco College and Eleanor Roosevelt High School in nearby Eastvale took a year to plan their dual enrollment program, going slow to grow strong, and enlisting faculty in [...]

Pathways at Reedley College in the Central Valley take various forms. There’s a Middle College High School on its campus; a longstanding partnership with the local Regional Occupational Program (ROP); [...]

Research shows that high school students who take community college courses through dual enrollment get better grades in high school and are more likely to enter and stay in college [...]

Presentations from the 2017 Strengthening Student Success conference are now available.
SSSC – CLP Breakout Sessions
Wednesday, October 11
Guided Pathways: A Framework for Integrating College Plans
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A resource for secondary school and community college partners, the Dual Enrollment Toolkit highlights promising practices for smoothing the transition to college for historically underrepresented students.

Dual enrollment [...]

Legal Opinion 16-02, issued by the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, addresses two key legal issues: CCAP partnerships under AB 288; and districts’ ability to operate outside of the CCAP [...]

Career Ladders Project created tools and guides to help K-12 and community college leaders, faculty, and staff collaborate to improve students’ transitions to college. These online tools aid in diagnosing [...]

What is it?
The research is clear; early exposure to college and career options is good for students.  When students have access to early programs they are more likely [...]