Worcester Public High School Students in Dual Enrollment Courses at Area Colleges & UniversitiesFall Semester College of the Holy Cross

Worcester Public High School Students in Dual Enrollment Courses at Area Colleges & UniversitiesFall Semester 2012

High School

Assumption

College

Becker

College

Clark

Univ.

College of

the Holy

Cross

Quinsigamond

Community

College

Worcester State

University

TOTAL

Burncoat High

1

(Sr.)

Gifted

Scholars

Program

4

(Srs.)

•

2 in 12

Year

Program (students

pay for courses)

•

2 through Worcester

Partnership Program,

funded by QCC

(including 1 “awardee”

from Automotive

Certificate Program

taking 4 courses)

5

(Srs.)

Claremont

Academy

0

Doherty High

1

(Sr.)

3

(Srs.)

1

(Sr.)

Gifted

Scholars

Program

4

(Srs.)

•

all in Worcester

Partnership Program,

funded by QCC

9

(Srs.)

North High

1

(Sr.)

Gifted

Scholars

Program

1

(Jr.)

•

in Worcester.

Partnership, Program,

funded by QCC

2

(1 Jr.,

1 Sr.)

South High

1

(Sr.)

Gifted

Scholars

Program

1

(1 Sr.)

2

High School

Assumption

College

Becker

College

Clark

Univ.

College of

the Holy

Cross

Quinsigamond

Community

College

Worcester State

University

TOTAL

University Park

Campus

School

19

(7 Jrs.,

12

Srs.)

1

(Sr.)

Gifted

Scholars

Program

20

(7 Jrs., 13

Srs.)

Worce ster

Technical High

School

91

•

(49 Jrs., 42 Srs.)

Courses taught by QCC

instructors at WTHS

7*

(Sophs.)

IT course taught at

Northeastern Univ.

91

(49 Jrs.,

42 Srs.)

7*

(Sophs.)

TOTAL WPS Dual

Enrollment

Students

1

3

19

5

91

7*

0

135

(7 Sophs.,

57 Jrs.,

71 Srs.)

NOTES:

•

Gifted Scholars Program at Holy Cross takes 15 Srs. per yr. from area public and private high schools; each school may nominate

up to 3 students. Barring hs scheduling conflicts, students accepted may each take 2 semesters of HC college courses (often a

continuing course). No fees or book charges. High school credit only.

•

State colleges/universities, QCC and WSU, offer high school and college credit for DE courses (except for “Developmental,” i.e.,

remedial, courses). Three Worcester private higher ed institutions offer hs and free college credit for DE courses:

Becker College (since Jan. 2010), Clark Univ. (for hs students at UPCS, which Clark jointly administers with WPS), and

Assumption College (since Sept. 2012).

3

•

QCC offers 3 different Dual Enrollment programs for WPS high school students:

1. 12

Year Program at QCC is a full load, i.e., 4 courses per semester. Student pays tuition, book and fee charges. High

school and college credit awarded.

2. “Commonwealth Dual Enrollment (CDE)” Program, funded by the MA DHE (MA Dept. of Higher Ed). Since Spring ’09, DHE

has awarded competitive (and ever-decreasing) grants to public higher ed applicant institutions. CDE students required to

take College level (not “Developmental,” i.e., remedial) courses.

3. Worcester Public Schools Partnership with QCC; 20 college “slots” per year; WPS students eligible with 2.0 GPA.

Partnership Program began ’08; funded by QCC. Partnership courses at QCC may be Developmental, i.e., remedial, which

don’t receive college credit, but, if passed, can save students later college tuition costs. Partnership program was developed

jointly by WPS and QCC to promote “college readiness” by bringing WPS high school students onto the College campus, to let

them see what is expected of college students, and to help hs students be ready to tackle the disciplinary content of

college-level courses.

•

QCC instructors offer EMT (Emergency Medical Technician) and Spanish I & II DE courses on a daytime schedule to WTHS

students in exchange for nighttime space at WTHS for QCC courses. The DE EMT course at WTHS was the first such exchange,

arranged by the Worcester Pipeline Collaborative (WPC) and former Mayor Joe O’Brien, himself an EMT, for WPC hs students at

WTHS and NHS exploring medical careers.

•

*WTHS students in Information Technology Chapter 74 took DE courses at Northeastern Univ. campus in Boston through the

Early College High School STEM Focused Program, offered by Northeastern’s Academy for College Excellence. The Academy is a

collaborative of Northeastern Univ. College of Professional Studies and the Mass. Association of Vocational Administrators (MAVA)

represented by a consortium of 9 participating Technical High Schools statewide. Course tuition, fees and books covered by

school district’s Race to the Top Funds. Transportation arranged through sending schools. HS Tech students taking DE courses

through Northeastern’s Academy for College Excellence receive both hs and college credit.

•

WSU finds it difficult to offer Fall DE courses, because grant funding from the Mass. Bd. of Higher Ed for these “Commonwealth

Dual Enrollment (CDE)” courses usually comes in late August, when WSU faculty have already made teaching commitments for

the Fall semester, so no WPS students took DE courses at WSU in Fall 2012. To adjust for the lack of Fall DE courses, WSU has

offered WPS students DE courses in late spring, i.e., at the end of the academic year. “Rising” WPS Jrs. and Srs. often find this

timing attractive, as it lets them advance their standing in the next grade when the new school year begins.

SUBJECTS STUDIED BY WPS STUDENTS IN DUAL ENROLLMENT COURSES (FALL 2012)

During the 2012 Fall semester, WPS students took DE courses in subjects including: Spanish, Chinese, Japanese, Latin, English

reading, comp. and lit.), college math (algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus), psychology, sociology, political science, history,

philosophy, economics, music, film, comparative religions, criminal justice, Emergency Medical Technician (EMT) course taught at

WTHS, automotive courses (for QCC Automotive Certificate Program “awardee” from BHS), Information Support Services and

Networking Foundation I (taught at Northeastern Univ. to WTHS students).