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Early college programs aim to close the academic gap between high school and college education, especially for first-generation and low-income students. Through these programs, high school students can enroll in college level classes, usually on campus, and earn credits that apply to their college degree and high school diploma.
The Early College at Guilford, opened in August 2002, was one of the first early colleges in the United States and the first in North Carolina. Representatives from Guilford College met with Terry Grier, the Superintendent of Guilford County Schools, in the winter and spring of 2002 to develop the early college program, which was modeled after ...
Early entrance to college, sometimes called early admission or early enrollment, is the practice of allowing students to be accelerated into college, one or more years before the traditional age of college entrance, and without obtaining a high school diploma. In some cases this is done individually.
There are different models of early college programs. Some early colleges are stand-alone small schools (whole school model), often located on a college campus, where all students are expected to participate in the program. Other early colleges are programs within comprehensive schools that enroll interested students. [1]
Wake Early College of Health and Sciences High School (more commonly known as Wake Early College or WECHS) is a small high school program (grades 9–13, with up to one year of post-secondary education) located on two Wake Tech sites: the Health Sciences Campus and the North Campus, both in Raleigh, North Carolina. The school provides five ...
The Macon Early College high school is part of the early college program. It is located next to the Macon County branch of Southwestern Community College and Macon County's public library in Franklin, NC. Southwestern Community College is a partner to Macon Early College in that college courses are taken as a student of both schools.
The beginnings of public education in North Carolina: a documentary history, 1790-1840: Volume I (1908) online. Coon, Charles L., ed. The beginnings of public education in North Carolina: a documentary history, 1790-1840: Volume II (1908) online v 2; Report of the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Board of Education (1987) online
The college also offers non-curriculum credit courses in Adult Basic Education and other adult education courses in technical, vocational, academic, and general interest areas. The college's vocational training programs provide nurses, early childhood teachers, police officers, bioprocessing technicians, and many other essential skilled workers.