Higher Ed Utah

In an Iowa study comparing the high school and college transcripts of more than 400 students who participated in dual enrollment courses (but not in Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses) with the transcripts of students with similar GPA’s and class rank, but who took no accelerated learning courses, showed that:

• “Dual enrollment students were 11% more likely to persist through the second year of college than non-participating students.”
• “Dual enrollment students were 12% more likely to enter college within seven months of high school graduation than non-participating students.”
• “Dual enrollment students who completed 20 or more credits in the first year of college were 28% more likely to persist through the second year in college than were students who did not complete dual enrollment courses.”

The data also suggests that dual enrollment “fosters more positive attitudes towards earning post-secondary degrees in students who did not previously hold these attitudes.”

Read the full study here