Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program CDEP

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program (CDEP)

• Board of Higher Education Meeting November
  10, 2009

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program

• Introduction

• Shelley Tinkham, Department of Higher Education
• Stafford Peat, Department of Elementary and
  Secondary Education
• Donna DeSimone, Bunker Hill Community College
• Scott Greenberg, Framingham State College
• Liliana Mickle, University of Massachusetts
  Boston
• W. Megan Fidler-Carey, TechBoston Academy

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program

• Definition Dual Enrollment

• High school students enroll in college-level
  course work and receive high school and college
  credit
• Excludes developmental coursework

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program

• Background State Funded Dual Enrollment

• Established by the Education Reform Act of 1993
  (funded between 1994-2001)
• Re-established as a pilot program in FY2009
• Stresses accessibility and collaboration
• Focus first-generation college students and STEM
• Flexible course delivery and use of funds
• System-wide requirements and standards
  established by committee
• Renamed the Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program
  (CDEP)

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program

• Benefits of Dual Enrollment

• Student
• Eases transition from high school to college
• Indicates college-readiness during the admissions
  process
• Improves college performance
• Reduces time to degree and cost
• Institutional
• Improves retention
• Aids recruitment

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program

• 2008-2009 Enrollment

• Fall 2002-2007 dual enrollment average 582

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program

• Moving Forward

• FY2010 Budget and Projected Enrollment
• Allocation 750,000
• Projected Enrollment 2,472 (excludes summer)
• FY2010 Plans Program Development
• Research funding sources to fit the Massachusetts
  context
• Strengthen common procedures
• Implement a robust data collection system
• Evaluate and monitor outcomes
• FY2011 Budget Request 1,000,000 (50 less FY
  2009)

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Commonwealth Dual Enrollment Program

• More Information

• On DHE websitewww.mass.edu/dualenrollment

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Discussion

• Shelley Tinkham, Department of Higher Education
• Stafford Peat, Department of Elementary and
  Secondary Education
• Donna DeSimone, Bunker Hill Community College
• Scott Greenberg, Framingham State College
• Liliana Mickle, University of Massachusetts
  Boston
• W. Megan Fidler-Carey, TechBoston Academy