College completion rates remain one of the most pressing priorities for higher education and our regional economy.

Dual-credit programs, which allow students to undertake college coursework in high school, have expanded rapidly in the last decade, but in most schools they remain a patchwork of different courses.

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Dual Enrollment at UMass Lowell means engaging with faculty and current students, an immersed learning environment, and chipping away at college credits - all while students are still in high school.

Dual enrollment in college classrooms is helping the author save money on college, but it could be better, she says. Credit: Elizabeth Conley/Houston Chronicle via Getty Images The Hechinger Report ...

More than 40 percent of high school students who earned college credit as part of dual-enrollment programs went on to earn a degree or certificate within four years of graduation, according to new ...