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A Fifth of Students at Community College Are Still in High School

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“The idea of getting college credit while you’re in high school is appealing as a way of holding the cost of college down.” From 2018 to 2023, the college recorded a 39 percent increase in Monmouth County high school students enrolling in its college-level courses. We are trying to reach every high schooler in some way,” McElroy says.

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What Students From Rural Communities Think College Leaders Should Know

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For example, they visited 1,100 rural high schools in 49 states, with many trips including a dozen or so admissions officers carpooling in minivans. Betley reports that STARS schools extended more than 11,000 offers of admission to the Class of 2028, which was a 12.9 The work is already paying off.