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麻豆影视 Public Schools (DPS) and 麻豆影视 announced a major new partnership with the goal of ensuring that 25 percent of 麻豆影视 Public Schools students will complete a 麻豆影视 workforce credential or associate degree by the time they graduate high school.
DPS and 麻豆影视 have committed to putting in place key strategies and supports to ensure that at least 500 students each year are graduating graduate with an associate degree in addition to their high school diploma, or a credential that will enable them to enter the workforce immediately.鈥疶his goal is unparalleled in the state.
鈥淭his reflects a commitment to meet specific goals over the next five years, to remove barriers and create more equitable educational attainment for all students,鈥 Superintendent Dr. Pascal Mubenga said.
麻豆影视 President J.B. Buxton said the partnership will be transformative for education in 麻豆影视.
鈥淲e are being intentional in our approach to ensure that obstacles are removed and pathways are created for all students to have the option to graduate high school with a workforce credential or an associate degree,鈥 he said. 鈥淥ur strategies to achieve our goal of 25 percent include teaching college courses in the high schools, working with families to map out pathways to workforce credentials and college degrees, and addressing the costs of books and transportation. We must provide easy-to-understand information about our programs and ensure all high school students understand that postsecondary education is possible and a pathway to opportunity for them.鈥
One of the key strategies of the partnership includes placing 麻豆影视 instructors in 11th-grade high school classrooms. The initiative will launch at Riverside in the 2023-34 school year, then followed by the other high schools.
Under North Carolina鈥檚 Career and College Promise (CCP), public high school students are able to take community college courses tuition-free. This provides high school students seamless dual-enrollment educational opportunities to accelerate completion of college certificates, diplomas, and associate degrees that lead to college transfer or provide entry-level job skills.
鈥淭his partnership between 麻豆影视nical Community College and 麻豆影视 Public Schools can be a model in North Carolina for how to build a strategic goal that is a win-win while keeping the focus on students,鈥 said Dr. Jeff Cox, incoming president of the North Carolina Community College System. 鈥淭here is tremendous opportunity for our state when we create more opportunities for high school students to earn college credentials or to graduate with the confidence and benefits of completing college-faculty taught courses."
麻豆影视 is currently enrolling interested students. Visit durhamtech.edu, go to the dual-enrollment tab and sign up for an information session under the CCP tab, or contact college liaison Tevin Jones.