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An Evaluation of Ohio's New Dual Enrollment Program

O'Connor, Maria A.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658020336780361

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2022, PHD, Kent State University, College of Education, Health and Human Services / School of Foundations, Leadership and Administration.
In 2009, President Barack Obama challenged U.S. citizens to complete more schooling and earn a college degree. His goal was to increase the proportion of the population with a college credential and the United States’ associated rank in the world from 12th to first by 2020 (Field, 2015; Obama, 2009). In response to this challenge, several governors and nonprofit organizations undertook various initiatives to help increase the nation’s college completion rate. However, many of these programs focused on administrative changes instead of students’ readiness for or access to college (Humphreys, 2012). One approach aimed at increasing completion rates while expanding access, is dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college-level classes in tandem with their high school coursework. Of particular interest is Ohio’s dual enrollment program, originally called Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO), which was expanded and renamed College Credit Plus (CCP) in 2015 (Ohio Department of Education, 2009; Ohio Department of Higher Education, 2015a). The goals of CCP are to increase college access and completion rates for students in Ohio (Farkas, 2014; Ohio Department of Higher Education, 2015a, 2018a). The purpose of this study was to evaluate CCP in relation to these goals. If these goals were met, the results would show an increase in the number of underserved students enrolling in higher education and persisting to graduation. Using existing data from the state of Ohio this study concluded that CCP has not consistently improved access or college completions for the underserved students in the state.
Christa Porter (Committee Chair)
Jason Schenker (Committee Member)
Mark Kretovics (Committee Member)
Higher Education
dual enrollment; access; college completion; College Credit Plus

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  • O'Connor, M. A. (2022). An Evaluation of Ohio's New Dual Enrollment Program [Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658020336780361

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • O'Connor, Maria. An Evaluation of Ohio's New Dual Enrollment Program. 2022. Kent State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658020336780361.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • O'Connor, Maria. "An Evaluation of Ohio's New Dual Enrollment Program." Doctoral dissertation, Kent State University, 2022. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=kent1658020336780361

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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