1. Career Management 101
Opportunities for High School Students: Early College, Dual Enrollment, and more….

2. What Opportunities Exist For Me To Earn College Credit While In High School?
Early College
Dual Enrollment
Huskins Courses
Articulation Agreement
AP/IB Courses
On-line Courses

3. What is Early College High School
Early college high school is a bold approach, based on the principle that academic rigor, combined with the opportunity to save time and money, is a powerful motivator for students to work hard and meet serious intellectual challenges.
Early college high schools are small schools designed so that students can earn both a high school diploma and an associate degree or up to two years of credit toward a bachelor’s degree.
Early college high schools have the potential to improve high school graduation rates and better prepare all students for high-skill careers by engaging them in a rigorous, college preparatory curriculum and compressing the number of years to a college degree.

4. Dual Enrollment
Dual Enrollment gives high school students a jump start on their college education.
This program allows high school students to earn college and high school credit concurrently with approval from their high school and the college.
This credit may support a postsecondary degree, diploma, or certificate and may also be applied to a high school diploma.
Tuition is free for all dual enrolled students.

5. Dual Enrollment Criteria
Students in a North Carolina public or private secondary school or in a home school program may be eligible for dual enrollment.
Students must be 16 years of age when the course begins.
Students must have high school principal permission to register for dual enrollment courses.
Enrollment of high school students cannot displace regular college students.
Students may be admitted on a space available basis.

6. Dual Enrollment Advantages
The per-credit-hour cost of a dual enrollment program is often far less than what you’ll pay once you’re in college (and some concurrent enrollment programs may cost you nothing at all), potentially saving you thousands of dollars in tuition.
You can get a first-hand idea of what’s required of full-time college course work.
If you participate in a dual enrollment program at a local college, you’ll get to experience what campus life is like, which can help ease your transition from high school to life on your own.
If your school doesn’t offer AP courses or you weren’t able to take any, participating in a dual enrollment program can show the colleges to which you apply that you’re capable of challenging course work and taking initiative. It can also replace the credit you might have earned through AP exams.
Some dual enrollment courses are available online, eliminating the need for you to drive from your high school to another campus.
Taking a few college courses can help you home in on the major that’s right for you.
Earning college credit while you’re in high school can help ensure that you’ll graduate from college on time—if not early.

7. Dual Enrollment Disadvantages
If you already have a busy, stressful schedule, the additional requirements of a dual enrollment program could cause your grades to suffer and defeat its own purpose.
The courses you take in a dual enrollment program are real college courses— meaning they’ll go on your transcript and stay there forever—so you need to feel fairly confident that you’ll be able to do well.
Some schools may not accept all—or any—of the credits you’ve earned through a dual enrollment program. Be sure to contact the college you’ll be attending (or the colleges to which you are applying) and ask about their policies.
Some basic college courses might actually be less rigorous than AP courses, so it may be best to take the class that your school offers (if it's available). For example, an admission officer may look at your transcript and wonder why you chose to take an introductory biology course at your local community college rather than taking the AP biology course offered at your high school.

8. Huskins Courses
The Huskins program is a partnership between College and the local school systems to provide high school students with the opportunity to take college courses.
These technical and vocational courses are taught by instructors and are actual college courses that are offered specifically for high school students at no cost.
Courses are scheduled during the regular high school day, allowing students to earn both high school and college credit.
A Huskins program may be a semester in length, but most require a commitment from the student for an entire school year.
Courses are generally offered at each high school.
Some courses may be taught on a responsible for providing their own transportation.

9. Huskins Program Student Eligibility Requirements
Students must be enrolled in at least one course in grades in Robeson County.
Students must meet the same prerequisite, co-requisite, and course admission requirements as adult college students.
Students must be recommended by the chief administrative officer of the high school for enrollment.
Home school and private school students are not eligible for Huskins courses.
College tuition and fees are waived for high school students, and the local school district provides college textbooks for students from public schools.
Courses are taught during the fall and spring semesters primarily for high school students, but when courses are offered for high school students on the college campus, classes may also include adult college students.
All courses delivered, as part of the Huskins Cooperative Program Agreement, shall be the same academic rigor as those delivered to adult college students using college level textbooks and college level course material.
Student use of the college library and the Internet is subject to the college's Acceptable Use Policy.

10. Articulation Agreement Courses
The North Carolina Department of Public Instruction and the North Carolina Community College System have a statewide articulation agreement in which students may be eligible to receive college credit after completion of identified Career Technical Education (CTE) courses in high school.
This creates a systematic and seamless process in which students can move from high school to community college without having to duplicate efforts or repeat courses.

11. Articulation agreement courses criteria
Criteria used to award college credit for identified CTE courses include:
Final Grade of B or higher in the course
A RAW score of 93 or higher on the standardized CTE post- assessment test
Students must enroll at the community college within two years of their high school graduation date to receive articulated credit.

12. AP/IB Courses
Both the International Baccalaureate (IB) and Advanced Placement (AP) programs give high school students an opportunity to pursue college-level studies while still in high school.
Depending on the college they attend, these courses can lead to advanced placement (skipping entry-level courses) or sometimes even receiving college credit for the coursework completed under these programs.
The AP courses are accepted at virtually all U.S. colleges and universities, while the IB program has more limited acceptance within the U.S.

13. AP/IB Criteria
AP:
AP courses are best positioned as part of a student’s 11th and 12th grade academic experience.
Some subject areas, however, such as World History and European History, can be successfully offered to academically prepared 10th grade students IB
The IB Diploma Program (DP) is an academically challenging and balanced program of education with final examinations that prepares students, aged 16 to 19, for success at university and life beyond.

14. On-line Courses Online courses are available for high school students.
In North Carolina, the NC Virtual Public Schools was developed to give North Carolina students the opportunity to take courses online.
Nearly 50,000 secondary students across the state are enrolled in courses from over 150 Advanced Placement, Honors, Traditional, Credit Recovery, and Occupational Course of Study Blended course offerings.
Students come from all 115 school districts in North Carolina as well as many charter schools.

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