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Making the Case for Dual Enrollment
"If we want a high-performing economy, we must work now to improve the strength, depth, and adaptability of our colleges and universities. The mission of this commission could not be more critical to our state."
With those words, Michigan Governor Jennifer M. Granholm signed Executive Order No. 2004-32, and announced the formation of the Lieutenant Governor's Commission on Higher Education and Economic Growth, chaired by Lt. Gov. John D. Cherry, Jr., and charged with identifying strategies to double the number of Michigan residents with degrees and other postsecondary credentials of value within ten years.
The Cherry Commission identified four areas of improvement:
- Improved Preparation—encompassing curriculum, standards, assessment, instructional modes, and advanced placement and dual enrollment opportunities for high school students.
- Expanding Participation—focusing on instilling higher levels of educational aspiration in Michigan residents, removing financial and cultural barriers, and increasing higher education capacity and distance-learning opportunities.
- Increasing Degree Completion—focusing on barriers preventing students from completing degrees, better accommodating students' varying paces of attainment, easing student transfers, and expanding articulation agreements on credits among higher education institutions.
- Maximizing Economic Benefits—focusing on aligning degree-granting programs to emerging business needs, workplace-specific and on-site education, commercialization of university research, and entrepreneurial partnerships between public education and private business.
In response to the four improvement areas identified by the Cherry Commission, Kendall College of Art and Design provides high school students the opportunity to pursue college-level courses through dual enrollment opportunities both on- and off-campus; welcoming students to its campus who meet the requirements for dual enrollment, and ensuring that academic and financial resources are available to support dual enrollment.
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