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Dual enrollment on the rise
Colleges, high schools coordinate efforts to show huge benefits of program
DUAL ENROLLMENT LEAD Web
Statesboro High junior Micah Kartchner, center, works on Arabic pronunciation with Georgia Southern University student Dejon Morris, 23, right, under the instruction of teaching assistant Abdulrahman Alhawsali at Georgia Southern. Kartchner is dual-enrolled and receives credit for both high school and college classes.
(Note: First of two parts. Coming Tuesday, a closer look at how Georgia Southern University, Ogeechee Technical College and East Georgia State College are focusing more on attracting dual enrollment students.) Advanced students – and professors’ kids – such as Micah Kartchner are in growing company as a larger number of more typical high school students dual-enroll, earning both college and high school credits for the same courses. “I guess I do miss a lot of my friends from high school, but I see a lot of them here,” said Kartchner, 17, speaking on his way into Arabic 1001 at Georgia Southern University last week.
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