Dual-enrollment key to lowering higher education costs, Gov. Rick Snyder says

Lindsay Knake:

When Gov. Rick Snyder was a student at Lakeview High School in Battle Creek, he started taking college courses at Kellogg Community College.

He had 23 credits by the time he was a senior. But the credits didn't count toward his high school graduation, he said after speaking Oct. 4 at an event at Saginaw Valley State University promoting science, math, engineering and technology instruction as key to preparing public-school students for the careers of the future.

Now, Snyder is a proponent of dual-enrollment for high school students as a means to save money on their college educations. He would like the college credits to also count toward a high-school diploma.

"It's a great opportunity. Students could complete a year of college before they graduate high school," he said.

That would save them 25 percent on a degree at a four-year university or 50 percent toward an associate's degree at a community college, Snyder said.

Related: Credit for non-Madison School District Courses.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at October 10, 2013 12:10 AM
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