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Dual Enrollment Program improves services

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Dual Enrollment Program improves services

The Dual Enrollment program combined all their services into one office and now is called The Office of Advanced Opportunities.

The Director of Outreach and Educational Innovation Kassie Silvas said that this change was made to better facilitate the access to information by parents and students, and to create a single point of contact.

Dual enrollment allows juniors and seniors of high school to enroll in college courses that would count as a high school and college credits.

Silvas also said that they have a new program called Fast Forward which allows juniors to have $200 and seniors $400 per year and it can be used to pay up to 75 percent of their tuition.

Enrolling into this program has risks because if a student fails the college course he may risk to not be able to graduate from high school.

“It just takes some good communication and commitment on the college to communicate with the counselor, the parents and the student,” Silvas said.

The Office of Advanced Opportunities also helps the division and faculty on campus.

“Being under one umbrella we work more collaborate and communicate much better on the need of our high school so that they are getting better service,” Silvas said.

The program has 669 dual students as of today but they are expecting it to increase by one or two percent by the end of October.

“What a wonderful way to get started earlier in college, especially on your general classes, at a very reduced rate,” Silvas said. “It is a great opportunity for parents to take advantage of.”

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