Dual enrollment

For the third year in a row, more high school students are taking college courses and earning college credit through dual enrollment programs.

Dual enrollment courses provide high school students with a head start on higher education, but some state policies prevent thousands of undocumented students from accessing these pathways to college success.

Three Historically Black Colleges and Universities have joined the National Education Equity Lab, a network of higher education institutions offering free college courses to low-income high school students.

As the popularity of dual credit courses rises, experts say these programs are largely excluding the students who need them the most.

A closer look at the role of early college and dual enrollment programs in making higher education more accessible, affordable, and equitable for students and their families.

Hundreds of students at high-poverty high schools are taking credit-bearing courses at top colleges through a new initiative designed to help teens see their potential to thrive at those institutions.