Thank you to California Community Colleges Chancellor Sonya Christian, Ph.D., for her vision and leadership in launching the “Ninth Grade to Baccalaureate Strategy” of Vision 2030. Under her leadership, the system is committed to scaling dual enrollment such that all California students have the opportunity to graduate from high school with at least 12 college credits.

Thank you to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, in particular Vice Chancellor John Stanskas, Dean Tonya Williams and Devin Rodriguez for their guidance and support in the development of this publication. Thanks to the Career Ladders Project (CLP) team who authored this guide, Naomi Castro, Michelle Simotas, Laurencia Walker, and Kylie Campbell, and to Linda Collins, who provided overall direction, intellectual guidance and leadership. Special thanks to Alison Nakashima for copy editing and to Jessica Freedman for layout and design.

We would also like to thank the expert reviewers who provided feedback on this guide: Miguel Dueñas, Lauren Ford, Leslie Hsu Freeman, Mark Jeffers, Camille Medrano, Rogéair Purnell, Jason Ralphs, Sherrie Reed, and Cristine Tapia.

We want to acknowledge and thank the RP Group, who initiated the original Dual Enrollment Toolkit in partnership with the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and CLP in 2016.

This guide was produced by Career Ladders Project with funding from the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office and the Gates Foundation. The findings are those of Career Ladders Project and do not necessarily reflect positions or policies of the organizations listed herein.

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