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There are different models of early college programs. Some early colleges are stand-alone small schools (whole school model), often located on a college campus, where all students are expected to participate in the program. Other early colleges are programs within comprehensive schools that enroll interested students. [1]
Early college programs aim to close the academic gap between high school and college education, especially for first-generation and low-income students. Through these programs, high school students can enroll in college level classes, usually on campus, and earn credits that apply to their college degree and high school diploma.
The then President of Howard College, Colonel J. T. Murfee, LL.D., [15] and a handful of faculty and students decided to remain in Marion, Alabama and immediately reorganized and founded Marion Military Institute, a military preparatory high school and college. [2] It was modeled after Murfee's alma mater - Virginia Military Institute. [2]
The school provides specialized Science, Technology and Vocational classes for students from all APS High Schools. It also has its own specialized high school and associate degree program. This program is called the Early College Academy, or ECA, and is a cooperation between CEC and Central New Mexico Community College.
Early entrance to college, sometimes called early admission or early enrollment, is the practice of allowing students to be accelerated into college, one or more years before the traditional age of college entrance, and without obtaining a high school diploma. In some cases this is done individually.
A college preparatory course is a means by which college bound high school students may better meet the more stringent scholastic requirements for entry into colleges and universities. [1] Students taking college-preparatory courses may have an increased quantity of classwork, and expectations to achieve are at a higher level. [ 2 ]
Approximately 90 percent of the class of 2011 graduated and entered a four-year university or continued their education at Gavilan College. [ 13 ] The school's non-weighted average API from 2011 to 2013 is 929 school-wide, 900 for socioeconomically disadvantaged students, and 869 for English learners. [ 17 ]
Students at Mission Early College High School are concurrently enrolled in high school and college courses. Like other early college high schools in the nation, students exit the program with both an associate’s degree and a high school diploma. Most graduating students earn sufficient college credit to enter a four-year Texas university as a ...