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Featured Report or Fact Sheet
Enhancing the Impact of the Build Back Better Act Integrating College in High School Programs
College in high school programs, such as dual enrollment, concurrent enrollment, and early college high school, are proven mechanisms for increasing postsecondary program enrollment and completion and an essential strategy for addressing the serious impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on postsecondary enrollment and success.
To maximize the impact of the free community college proposal within the Build Back Better Act, and not undermine dual enrollment, we ask that financial support for early college credit to be incorporated into the final tuition and fee free college package. If community college is made free without also making early college credits free, there may be an unintentional disincentive for students to participate in dual enrollment programs. The choices for students and families in many states would be (1) pay for college credit while in high school, or (2) wait to take the college courses for free in community college
Reports & Fact Sheets:
- Using Federal COVID-19 Relief Funds to Support Student Transitions from High School to Higher Education
Report, July 22, 2021 - Ready for What? How Multiple Graduation Pathways Do—and Do Not—Signal Readiness for College and Careers
Report, February 23, 2021 - Measuring Growth in 2021: What State Leaders Need to Know
Report, August 04, 2020 - Alliance for Excellent Education Letter Opposing Proposed Changes to the Civil Rights Data Collection
Report, November 21, 2019 - Strengthening the Transition from High School to College: Priorities for the Higher Education Act
Fact Sheet, October 07, 2019 - Fifteen Things to Know About Student Loan Debt—and What Congress Can Do to Fix It
Fact Sheet, October 07, 2019 - Science of Learning: What Educators Need to Know About Adolescent Development
Report, September 23, 2019 - Perkins Career and Technical Education Primer: Special Populations
Fact Sheet, September 16, 2019 - Ten Things to Know About Trauma and Learning
Fact Sheet, September 06, 2019 - Science of Adolescent Learning: How Identity and Empowerment Influence Student Learning
Report, August 15, 2019