Bridging the high school-college gap : the role of concurrent enrollment programs / edited by Gerald S. Edmonds and Tiffany M. Squires.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part One. Definitions and foundation -- 1. Defining concurrent enrollment -- 2. Syracuse University project advance: credit with credibility -- 3. College in the schools: University of Minnesota-Twin Cities -- 4. Rio Salado College dual enrollment: twenty-three years of collaboration and student success -- Part Two. Program components -- 5. Professional development: does it matter? -- 6. A quality concurrent enrollment program: five considerations -- 7. Changing the future: rigor and high school mathematics courses -- 8. Transitional advising in concurrent enrollment -- 9. Concurrent enrollment program prepares academic middle for college and career -- Part Three. State focus -- 10. Promoting quality: state strategies for overseeing dual enrollment programs -- 11. Developing a statewide concurrent enrollment partnership -- 12. Dual enrollment a viable credit-based transition program: partnership in Central Ohio -- Part Four. Research and evaluation studies -- 13. Retaining students through concurrent enrollment: a study using standardized survey instruments -- 14. Examining the relationship between early college credit and higher education achievement of first-time undergraduate students in South Texas -- 15. Economic literacy spillovers into high school general economics course from teaching the advanced economics course: an econometric analysis -- 16. Income effects on concurrent enrollment participation: the case study of UConn early college experience -- 17. The effect of Syracuse University project advance on college student performance and persistence -- 18. Dual enrollment course participation and effects upon student persistence in college.