Educational Technology

ALEXANDRA VILLARREAL, Hechinger Report
The trend could make college cost more and take longer, assuming that students even go. Estimates say is between 10 percent to 34 percent of high school students who take college-level courses that give them a head start on credits, save time and money and prepare them for the demands of higher education. But the number of students enrolling in and passing these classes has started slipping downward — dramatically, in some places — suggesting a potential decline ahead in the number of high school students who end up going to college. For those who do go, it means that getting a degree could take longer and cost more. “It definitely throws them off track,” said Samuel West, District P-16 director at Houston Community College.

https://hechingerreport.org/pandemic-reduces-number-of-high-school-students-taking-dual-enrollment-courses/