MnSCU Concurrent Enrollment and PSEO

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The Minnesota State Colleges and Universities system is an Equal Opportunity employer and educator.

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

MnSCU Concurrent Enrollment and

PSEO

Pakou Yang and Jessica Espinosa

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Dual Credit

Options in

MN

Advanced Placement International Baccalaureate Postsecondary Enrollment Options PSEO ‘Traditional’ PSEO On college campus or online; taught by college/university faculty Concurrent Enrollment In the high school; taught by high school instructors

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More high school students are taking concurrent

enrollment than traditional PSEO in MnSCU

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Source: System Office Research – Academic and Student Affairs

PSEO Concurrent, 55.1% PSEO on Campus, 29.6% PSEO Contract, 15.2%

Of the twenty-nine percent of high school students who participated in PSEO in 2014, participation by PSEO Type

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PSEO student headcount has increased by 65%

since 2005 primarily due to growth in concurrent

5,686 5,562 5,481 5,450 5,440 5,499 5,758 5,905 6,453 6,557 10,534 11,613 12,118 14,070 15,092 17,087 _16,610 17,998 19,217 20,801 2,281 2,337 2,826 _2,135 2,181 _1,903 2,670 2,733 2,993 3,144 18,501 19,512 20,425 21,655 22,713 24,489 25,038 26,636 28,663 30,502 0 5,000 10,000 15,000 20,000 25,000 30,000 35,000 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Fiscal Year

PSEO On-Campus PSEO Concurrent PSEO Contract Total PSEO

Source: System Office Research – Academic and Student Affairs

15% 98%

38% 65%

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MnSCU Concurrent Enrollment Programs

 Alexandria Technical and Community College  Anoka-Ramsey Community College

 Bemidji State University

 Central Lakes College*

 Century College

 Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College  Hibbing Community College

 Inver Hills Community College  Lake Superior College

 Mesabi Range College*

 Minneapolis Community and Technical College  Minnesota State Community and Technical

College

 Minnesota State College- Southeast Technical*

 Minnesota State University- Mankato*

 Minnesota West Community and Technical College

 Normandale Community College  North Hennepin Community College

 Northland Community and Technical College*

 Northwest Technical College  Rainy River Community College

 Ridgewater College*

 Riverland Community College*

 Rochester Community and Technical College  Saint Paul College

 Southwest Minnesota State University*

 South Central College

 St. Cloud State University*

 St. Cloud Technical and Community College  Vermillion Community College

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Increased Access to PSEO and Concurrent

Enrollment Over Time

1985 11th _and 12th graders only 2012 10th _graders PSEO CTE courses; CE open to 9th _{and 10}th graders 2014 Students in alternative settings 2015 Increased access for 9th _{and 10}th graders 1994 MnSCU Board Policy 3.5 2003 MnSCU System Procedure 3.5.1 2016 Review of Policy 3.5 and Procedure 3.5.1

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MnSCU Board Policy 3.5

PSEO Program

 Part 2. Postsecondary Enrollment Options Expectations. The

Minnesota State Colleges and Universities shall provide opportunities for students to participate in the

Post-Secondary Enrollment Options Program. Students shall be

admitted according to criteria that promote progress through college-level coursework and that augment their continued academic growth consistent with board policies and system procedures.

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MnSCU System Procedure 3.5.1

PSEO Programs

 _{Part 2. Admissions Requirements for PSEO Students}

 _{Subpart A. Eligibility Standards. PSEO participation shall be available}

to juniors and seniors enrolled through a Minnesota high school, home school, or alternative learning center who present evidence of the ability to perform college-level work. Such evidence includes the following:

 _{for juniors, class rank in the upper one-third of their class or a} score at or above the 70th percentile on a nationally

standardized, norm-referenced test;

 _{for seniors, class rank in the upper one-half of their class or a} score at or above the 50th percentile on a nationally

standardized, norm-referenced test; or

 _{for juniors or seniors, documentation other than that specified in} Part 2, Subpart A1 and Subpart A2 of this procedure of the

student's readiness and ability to perform college-level work as determined by the college or university.

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MnSCU Board Policy 3.21

Undergraduate Course Transfer

 Part 3. Transfer of Undergraduate Credits. Once a student has

been admitted to a system college or university, each college or university shall evaluate college-level course credits

completed, as submitted by the student on an official

transcript, to determine if they shall be accepted in transfer. Once the credits are accepted in transfer, each college or

university shall determine how the course credits will apply to program and graduation requirements.

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2015 Legislation: PSEO and Concurrent

Enrollment Credit Transfer

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 All MnSCU institutions must give full credit to a

secondary pupil who completes for postsecondary credit a postsecondary course or program that is part or all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum at a MnSCU institution when the pupil enrolls in a MnSCU institution after

leaving secondary school. Once one MnSCU institution certifies as completed a secondary student's

postsecondary course or program that is part or all of a goal area or a transfer curriculum, every MnSCU

institution must consider the student's course or

program for that goal area or the transfer curriculum as completed.

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Contact Information

 Pakou Yang, System Director of P-20 and College Readiness

[email protected] 651-201-1760

 _{Jessica Espinosa, Coordinator of College Transitions}

[email protected] 651-201-1651

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