The U.S. Department of Education (ED) announced Monday that it will provide additional guidance to schools about its dual and concurrent enrollment experiment, which seeks to examine the effectiveness of such programs in encouraging students to pursue postsecondary education. The pilot program, as previously reported on the Policy Watch Blog, will expand eligibility for Pell Grants to students enrolled in dual enrollment programs that couple their regular high school courses with participation in classes at partnering postsecondary institutions. ED is now in the process of identifying eligible partnerships of secondary schools/ local education agencies and postsecondary institutions that will participate in the experiment.
ED will host a webinar on Wednesday, January 13, at 1:30 pm that will provide additional information about the experiment to postsecondary institutions considering participation. Interested parties are encouraged to register for the webinar here. The February 1 submission deadline for priority consideration of letters of interest to ED is fast approaching, so institutions should act quickly to learn whether they are interested in the project.
ACTE will continue to monitor the experiment as it progresses and report additional information on the Policy Watch Blog as it becomes available.
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