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A recent report from the Community College Research Center at Columbia University\u2019s Teachers College found that high school students graduate college at higher rates and earn more after college if they\u2019ve taken a combination of dual-enrollment and Advanced Placement courses.<\/p>\n
The report, released Tuesday, drew on administrative data from Texas on students expected to graduate high school in 2015\u201316 and 2016\u201317, as well as some data from students expected to complete in 2019\u201320 and 2022\u201323. It explored how different kinds of accelerated coursework, and different combinations of such work, affected student outcomes.<\/p>\n
Researchers found that students who combined Advanced Placement or International Baccalaureate courses with dual-enrollment courses boasted higher completion rates and earnings than their peers. Of these students, 92\u00a0percent enrolled in or completed a credential a year after high school, and 71\u00a0percent earned a credential by year six.<\/p>\n
These students also showed the strongest earnings outcomes in their early 20s. They earned $10,306 per quarter on average at age\u00a024, compared to $9,746 per quarter among students who took only dual enrollment and $8,934 per quarter for students who took only AP\/IB courses. However, students taking both dual-enrollment and AP\/IB courses tended to be less racially and socioeconomically diverse than students taking AP\/IB courses alone, the report found.<\/p>\n
Students who combined dual enrollment with career and technical education\u2014who made up just 5\u00a0percent of students in the study\u2014also reaped positive outcomes later in life. These students earned $9,746 per quarter on average by age\u00a024, compared to $8,097 per quarter on average for students with only a CTE focus.<\/p>\n
\u201cMost dual-enrollment students in Texas also take other accelerated courses, and those who do tend to have stronger college and earnings trajectories,\u201d CCRC senior research associate Tatiana Velasco said in a press release. \u201cIt\u2019s a pattern we hadn\u2019t fully appreciated before, which offers clues for how to expand the benefits of dual enrollment to more students.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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