Boosting Enrollment Through a High School Partnership

Speaker:

Michael Dreith
 President
Frontier Community College
2 Frontier Drive
Fairfield, IL 62837
618-842-3711
618-842-6340
dreithm@iecc.edu

Don Warkins
former high school superintendent (IL)

Jerry Hefley
Dean of the College
Frontier Community College
2 Frontier Drive
Fairfield, IL 62837
618-842-3711
618-842-6340

Robert Boyles
Program Dir.of Adult & Continuing Ed.
Frontier Community College
2 Frontier Drive
Fairfield, IL 62837
618-842-3711
618-842-6340

Frontier Community College in Fairfield, IL, developed a partnership with 12 local high schools to establish multiple dual-credit opportunities for secondary students. The model has grown to the point that this fall (2002) the college will see a 25 percent increase in FTE (1200 head count). The college and high school superintendents have worked through a liaison to establish over 120 new classes, taught by high school instructors that are similarly qualified to college adjunct faculty, using the college's state approved syllabus. High School seniors are earning as many as 14 to 16 hours of college credit before graduation tuition-free. The college does not collect tuition and does not pay for instruction since the teachers are under contract to the high schools. State apportionment and equalization are collected from the state.
 
 
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