Earning College Credit in High School

Michigan Department of Education

A Synopsis of Opportunities

State Approved Career and Technical Early/Middle Early/Middle College International Education - Direct College Enhanced Dual College Advanced School Baccalaureate Tech Prep Credit/Concurrent Dual Enrollment Enrollment Program Placement (AP) Degree Articulated Enrollment System

Program of Study IB is a two-year There are 35 State-approved Courses that provide High School A formalized dual ‘Early/Middle “Early/Middle College curriculum available in nationally CTE programs students with the students may enrollment system College Program’ School” means a stand- an IB approved designed AP that provide opportunity to take participate in dual that provides is a five-year high alone public high school, a school where courses in 19 students with a college level courses enrollment by deliberate support school program school within a school, a students learn a different subject way to start a at the high school attending at least for students to be designed to allow Public School Academy second language and areas that provide specific career building. These one high school successful in their a pupil to earn a (PSA) or a Shared the skills to live and students with the field and courses are course and college credit high school Educational Entity (SEE) work with others opportunity to take potentially earn generally taught by simultaneously earning attempts diploma and designed to allow a pupil internationally. There college level college credit or high school teachers attending a degree- in high school. substantial to earn a high school is an emphasis on courses at high course waivers who are adjunct granting college credit diploma and either an asking challenging school that are while in high college faculty and postsecondary through an associate’s degree, s questions, critical taught by AP- school. These taught to cohort high institution. additional fifth technical certification or up n reflection, developing trained high school programs align school classes. year of study. to 60 transferable college o i t research skills and teachers. AP with specific Tech However, some credits at the same time.

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Program of Study Typically, a “Learner High Schools may Students must Most high schools Courses for which Same as dual State School Aid Early/Middle College High Profile” Tool is used require the student meet specific may require the students are eligible enrollment. Section 6(4)m Schools can begin as early for teachers/parents to complete a CTE program student to apply for, for must not be requires that as 9th or 10th grade with to determine if IB is lower level course criteria to apply. and test into, college offered at the high students must not college classes beginning the right fit for the in the same Students usually level courses and/or school and must be otherwise as early as 10th grade. student. However, subject before begin a two-year complete specific lead toward eligible for high The schools have a unique some IB programs are enrollment in AP program in their prerequisites. accreditation, school graduation Entity Code and students “Universal Access” courses. junior year and certification, and/or to participate in attend for 5 years and and open to any continue on to trade licensing. The the fifth year. follow a specific, 5 year student. two years of student must be program of instruction. postsecondary allowed to dual Section 3(f) of the education (2+2). enroll if they have a Postsecondary Since Early/Middle College However, the qualifying score on Enrollment students are not eligible length of the the ACT Plan, Options Act and for graduation until the end s

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