Welcome

1. Welcome Transforming Learning Opportunities through Enrollment Partnerships October 10-12, 2004 Boise, Idaho

2. History March 1997 →October 2004 13 Meetings/Conferences addressing • Definition • Standards • Membership • Incorporation

3. The Lost Opportunity of Senior Year: Finding a better way • January 2001 National Commission on the High School Senior Year

4. Institutions of higher education and K-12 schools collaborate insufficiently with each other to align academic content, admissions procedures, and expectations for students. • There has been no coordinated and critical review and reform of high school and early college curricula.

5. State Dual Enrollment Policies:Addressing Access and Quantity • September 2004 U.S. Department of EducationOffice of Vocational and Adult Education http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ovae/pi/cclo/cbtrans/index.html

6. State Policy • State Oversight • Target Population • Admission Requirements • Student Age • Academics

7. Location • Student Mix • Instructor • Course Content • Tuition • Funding

8. Collision Course: Rising College Costs Threaten America’s Future and Require Shared Solutions • August 2004 A Policy Brief from the Lumina Foundation

9. Trends Impacting Access • dramatic increases in tuition and fees • reduced state higher education budgets • declines in the purchasing power of student grant aid • increasing student debt burdens • heightened demand for institutional accountability

10. NACEP Response Program Linkages National Standards Research Communication

11. NACEP Purpose The Alliance has been organized to link college – school partnerships offering college courses in high schools and to support and promote its constituent partnerships through quality initiatives, program development, national standards, research and communication.

12. Key activities include: • promoting national standards • researching and sharing information • sharing ideas and issues • providing professional development • fostering cooperation • fostering partnerships • serving as a national advocate

13. NACEP Standards Curriculum Faculty Students Assessment Program Evaluation

14. Curriculum • CEP courses = campus courses • CEP courses are transcripted • CEP courses reflect the pedagogical, theoretical and philosophical orientation of the college

15. Faculty: • CEP faculty meet academic requirements for faculty teaching at the college campus • Orientation • Professional development

16. Students: • Officially registered • Course requirements and prerequisites • Student guide • Transfer • Responsibilities

17. Assessment: • CEP standards of achievement = college standards • Annual review of CEP sections • CEP students assessed using same methods as on campus

18. Evaluation: • Course • Impact study • High School graduate follow up

19. Application forAccreditation Timeline • January 1, 2005 Submit Intent Form • August 1, 2005 Submit Full Application • Fall, 2005 Review application Communicate to Institution Review Responses • January/February 2006 Final Communication/Responses • April, 2006 Recommendations to Board

21. Membership • Accredited College and University Member • Provisional Member • Partner Affiliation • Individual Affiliation • Student Affiliation • Emeritus Member

22. Have A Great Conference!