Concurrent Enrollment
CTE PERKINS CONFERENCE
NOVEMBER 10, 2011
KAREN HYNICK
Framing the Agenda
 What is concurrent enrollment? How does it differ
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from PSEO? How does it differ from tech prep
agreements?
What does the data tell us and what are the
outcomes to date?
What new legislation has occurred and what will it
mean for campuses?
What is NaCEP accreditation?
How would campuses like the system office to assist
in building concurrent enrollment?
National Research
 Close to 50% of recent high school graduates require at least one
developmental course- adding time and expense on to degree
 Andrew Carnevale-70% of jobs by 2018 will require some form
of a post secondary degree and only 40% of Minnesotans have a
degree
 Jobs for the Future -22% of early college participants in other
states earn their associate degree at the same time they graduate
for high school
 Cliff Adelman- benefit of benchmarks of a semesters worth of
credits and the relationship to degree attainment
Benefits and Drawbacks
PSEO
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Eligible 11th or 12th grade students who
take college courses generally on
campus for dual enrollment purposes
Immersion into college expectations
Tuition free for students, books covered
Transcripted college credit
Most often taught by a college faculty
member
Student eligible to access all college
support services
Follows the college schedule of courses
including withdraw from courses
Concurrent Enrollment
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Courses taught on a high school campus
by a high school teacher, mentored by
college faculty
Transcripted college credit- can count as
dual enrollment
Contractual agreement between college
and district
Credentialing of high school faculty
members may vary MSCF and IFO
Allows high performing student to remain
on the high school campus and receive a
rigorous curriculum
High school teachers’ professional
development
Customized schedule based on the high
school needs
What are the numbers telling us system wide?
Unduplicated Headcount
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5,499
PSEO
Concurrent
19,344
Greater MN vs. Metro
Metro Twin Cities
Greater Minnesota
Unduplicated
Headcount
Unduplicated
Headcount
2,277
PSEO
CIS
17,354
1,990
3,222
PSEO
CIS
Concurrent Enrollment FY ‘10
Undup'd Headcount
MN State CTC
Fon Du Lac
Lake Superior
Central Lakes
SCSU
SMSU
Others
CEP & PSEO Course Withdrawals
7
6
5.8
5.3
5
4.2
4
3
1.6
2
1
0
0.3
1.7
2.2
Withdrawal Percentages
Column1
Concurrent Enrollment: Credit Load
18
16.9
16.6
16
14
12
10
8.8
8
7.7
6
4
2
0
Colleges
Universities
PSEO
CEP
Concurrent Enrollment:
Registrations and FYE
12000
11086
10000
8000
6798
5603
6000
3868
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2000
1101.1
837
448.3
559.3
Physical
Sciences
Social
Sciences
0
English & Lit
Math
Registrations
FYE
Average Annual Credit Loads
25
22.3
20
18.5
16.7
16.2
15.8
10
9.6
PSEO
14.1
15
CEP
11.3
9.5
7.1
5
5
6.4
0
MN State
CTC
Fon Du
Lac
Lake
Superior
Central
Lakes
SCSU
SMSU
Eligibility, Guidelines
 11th in the upper 70th percentile and 12th graders in the upper 50th
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percentile
Place “ready” through assessment of course placement measures
Developing concurrent enrollment agreement provisions
Selecting concurrent enrollment instructors
Orienting students to concurrent enrollment
New State Statute and Policy for 9th and 10th graders
 A high school that wishes to have a college or university offer a PSEO
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concurrent enrollment course to its students, but cannot generate sufficient
enrollment to offer that course only to 11th and 12th grade students who
meet the PSEO eligibility requirements of Part 2, Subpart A, may:
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Permit 9th or 10th grade students who rank in the upper one-tenth of
their class or attain a score at or above the 90th percentile on a nationally
standardized, norm-referenced test to enroll in that course; or
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Request approval for an exception from the president of the college
or university to allow non-PSEO students to enroll in that course. The
president of the college or university shall approve or deny the request
after the appropriate college or university consultation process. In any
concurrent enrollment course that enrolls both PSEO and non-PSEO
students:
PSEO students shall be the majority of the students in the course; and
The concurrent enrollment instructor and college or university faculty
member shall ensure that all PSEO students are held to college-level course
standards.
NaCEP Accreditation
 Legislative requirement
 Accredited campuses- Mesabi Range Community and Technical
College, Minnesota State University, Mankato, Riverland Community College,
Southwest Minnesota State University
 Guidelines and standards- http://nacep.org/wp-
content/uploads/2010/08/NACEP-Standards-2011and-Required-Evidence.pdf
Requesting reimbursement for concurrent
enrollment as an approved program of study
 Subd. 2. Eligibility. A district that offers a concurrent enrollment course
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according
53.8 to an agreement under section 124D.09, subdivision 10, is eligible to receive aid
for the
53.9 costs of providing postsecondary courses at the high school. Beginning in fiscal
year 2011,
53.10 districts only are eligible for aid if the college or university concurrent
enrollment courses
53.11 offered by the district are accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent
Enrollment
53.12 Partnership, in the process of being accredited, or are shown by clear evidence
to be of
53.13 comparable standard to accredited courses, or are technical courses within a
recognized
53.14 career and technical education program of study approved by the
commissioner of
53.15 education and the chancellor of the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Areas to build on
 Perkins CTE- Programs of Study
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tech prep articulations, technical skill attainment
College Readiness Programming for Academic
Middle
Professional Development
Legislative Agenda
Assessment for College Readiness
Existing resources
How can the system office serve this initiative?
 Areas of Struggle
 Ideas on What to Do
Contact US
Karen Hynick
System Director of College Transitions/ FastTRAC
Minnesota State Colleges and Universities
Karen.Hynick@so.mnscu.edu
651-201-1760