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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Dual Enrollment: Helping Make College a Reality for Students Less Likely to Go. Recommendations for Policymakers from the Concurrent Courses Initiative
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James Irvine Foundation, 2012
A three-year study tracking outcomes for approximately 3,000 students across California shows that career-focused dual enrollment programs can provide important benefits for those who are underachieving and underrepresented in higher education. Dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses and earn college credit, was…
Descriptors: High Schools, Student Participation, College Credits, Dual Enrollment
Dual Enrollment for All: Reasons and Ways to Make It Work. Lessons for Educators and Administrators from the Concurrent Courses Initiative
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James Irvine Foundation, 2012
A three-year study tracking outcomes for approximately 3,000 students across California shows that career-focused dual enrollment programs can provide important benefits for those who are underachieving and underrepresented in higher education. Dual enrollment, which allows high school students to take college courses and earn college credit, was…
Descriptors: College Credits, Dual Enrollment, Non English Speaking, Career Development
Expanding Opportunity for the People of California. Annual Report for 2009
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James Irvine Foundation, 2010
Creating paths for the active engagement of Californians serves as a unifying theme for The James Irvine foundation as it pursues its mission of expanding opportunity for the people of California. Through the foundation's grantmaking programs in arts, California Democracy and Youth, it aspires to a California where opportunities to participate…
Descriptors: Grants, Social Justice, Democratic Values, At Risk Persons