UHSSE and UH College Credit

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UHSSE and UH College Credit

• Dr. Guy C. Colarulli, Associate Provost and Dean
  of Undergraduate Studies
• Dr. Jane Horvath, Associate Dean for Academic
  Planning and Curriculum, College of Arts and
  Sciences

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University of Hartford

• A private, comprehensive University
• Balance of liberal arts and professional programs
• 4657 full-time undergrads
• Seven colleges and 80 undergraduate programs
• 320 full-time faculty

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University High School of Science and Engineering

• A Hartford host magnet school
• A Gates Early College High School
• Dual enrollment for students in college credit
  classes

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UH Working Groups

• Coordinating Council
• Financial Sustainability Committee
• Educational Policy Committee

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Educational Policy Committee

• UH Faculty Committee
• Strong emphasis on science and engineering
  courses
• Develop policies for college credit earning
  opportunities

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Destination Courses

• Identifying courses that provide essential
  skills and knowledge base for further courses,
  and typically serve as prerequisites for other
  college courses

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Elements of Destination Courses

• Staged Approach Level I and Level II
• Level I First College Credit
• (typically AP and Early College
  Courses)
• Level II Second College Credits
• (typically Early College Courses, Cohort
  Courses, Modified College Now)
• Course Delivery Methods
• Academic Qualifiers and College Readiness
  Indicators

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Course Delivery Methods

• AP Courses and Exams
• Early College Courses and Exam
• Cohort Courses
• Modified College Now

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Academic Qualifiers and College Readiness
Indicators

• High School Courses and Grades
• PSAT, SAT Scores
• CAPT Scores
• High School teacher academic recommendations and
  college readiness evaluations
• Success in previous college credit

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College Credit Example

• Level I
• HS Math Package-----M140 Pre-calculus w/ Trig
  
• (Algebra I II, (Early College Course)
• and Geometry
• Acad. Qual Col.Ready)
• Level II
• Success in M140-------M144 Calculus I
• (Acad. Qual Col.Ready) (Cohort Course)

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Possible Other Destination Courses

• ES 143 Engineering Design
• BIO 110 General Biology
• CH 110 College Chemistry
• CS 110 Intro to Computers
• PHY 120 Algebra-Based Physics I

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Aligning High School and College Expectations

• Rigor of secondary courses is top indicator of
  success in higher education.
• Toolbox Revisited Paths to Degree Completion
  from High School through College
• Clifford Adelman, Senior Research
  Analyst U.S. Dept of Education Study, February
  2006
• (http//www.ed.gov/rschstat/research/pubs/
• toolboxrevisit/index.html)