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Darton State College-[node:field-date:custom:Y]--MOWR/Dual Enrollment/Joint Enrollment program

Category: 
Dual Enrollment
Strategy/Project Description: 

Update on Strategy 5:

High-impact strategy

Strategy 5: Expand dual enrollment programs.

Related Goal

Goal 6: Shorten time to degree completion through programs that allow students to earn college credit while still in high school (also relates to goal 1)

Summary of Activities
  • A Full-time Dual Enrollment Coordinator position was created during fall of 2014.
  • Policies for the program were created
  • Developed a list of reports to be completed each semester to track academic achievement, credit hours, and demographics
  • Included advertising in recruitment materials for the DSC Testing Center’s Institutional ACT for admission to the program.
  • Added students to the “Early Alerts” process
  • Entered into the new Move on When Ready agreement for the 2015-2016 school year

Baseline Status
  • Number of students enrolled in ACCEL/ MOWR (Dual enrollment).
  • Number of credit hours enrolled/earned

Interim Measures Of Progress
  • 181 students participated in ACCEL fall 2014 compared to 75 participants in fall 2013. This represented a 241% increase in the number of participants from fall 2013 to fall 2014.
  • Dual- enrollment students enrolled in a total of 1664 credits for the 2014 academic year compared to 726 credits for the 2013 academic year, a 229% increase.
  • Additionally, preliminary statistics based on fall 2015 (185 students) enrollment showed an increase of 247% from fall 2013 to fall 2015.

Dual Enrollment Fall 2014

Total Participants

181

Total college credits earned

1664

Number of participating high schools in service region

15

Measures of

Success
  • Number of students enrolled in dual enrollment
  • Number of credit hours enrolled
  • Number of credits awarded to dual enrolled students- * currently collecting
  • Number of high schools from which we enroll dual enrolled students

Lessons Learned

DSC realized the need to develop a customized orientation to help students’ progress and complete programs of study, while simultaneously meeting high school requirements. Students earning dual credit have many processes that are significantly different from first-time, full-time freshmen (admissions requirements and procedures, financial and payment procedures, etc.)

DSC created a Dual Enrollment Coordinator position for FY 15, but the institution discovered the need to provide more training opportunities for other members of the admissions team regarding recruitment strategies and assistance with advising and registration