What is the difference between early college high school and dual enrollment or Advanced Placement?
What sets early college high school apart from dual enrollment, Advanced Placement, and other pre-college programs is the reach and coherence of the blended academic program and a relentless focus on underrepresented students. As with early college high school, Advanced Placement and dual enrollment strategies give students a taste of college, yielding multiple benefits: for students, better preparation for college; for institutions, lower remediation costs and higher retention; and for high schools, improved understanding of the demands of college and an expanded set of curricular offerings. However, only early college high school: • Fully integrates students’ high school and college experiences, both intellectually and socially; • Enables students to earn up to two years of college credit toward a degree while in high school, not just a few college credits; • Blends the curriculum as a coherent unit, with high school and college-level work melded into a single academic program that m
