Davis Jenkins said in The EDU Ledger that while dual enrollment is a promising practice for boosting college enrollment rates, it must be done in a more intentional way that aligns coursework with careers.
Sarah Griffin spoke with Inside Higher Ed about lessons from a recent CCRC report on career-connected dual enrollment and said that integrating college coursework into career-focused programs can help students better understand their educational options and how further training could support their professional goals.
Career-connected learning in high school is taking off. High school students and their families have become increasingly enthusiastic about it. Community colleges should share students’ and families’ enthusiasm—and use dual enrollment more strategically to build on it, Davis Jenkins wrote in Community College Daily.
A new CCRC report argues that colleges and K-12 systems can close the gap between CTE and dual enrollment by embedding college courses into CTE pathways, career academies and other programs that already serve high school students, Community Colleged Daily reported.
Davis Jenkins told the Chronicle of Higher Education that the growth of tuition-free programs for students over age 25 is encouraging, but emphasized addressing the issue of retention through robust advising, flexible schedules, and academic planning.
Maria Cormier spoke with WorkShift about the growing number of four-year healthcare degrees offered by community colleges as an alternative to the traditional model of stackable credentials.
The former IBM executive wants to take learners seamlessly from a tech certificate through a grad degree. Davis Jenkins said in the Chronicle of Higher Education that the efforts could be successful if the program reflects real student demand and the institution guides students' pathways via robust advising.
A six-part series on The Key With Inside Higher Ed: Voices of Student Success podcast features higher ed experts—including CCRC's John Fink—who explore who today’s college students are and how institutions can better support the realities of their lives.
As colleges and universities confront a dwindling population of high school graduates from which to draw enrollments, Davis Jenkins offered career-aligned dual enrollment as a promising practice to attract more students in The EDU Ledger.
