Post Secondary Enrollment Options PSEO

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Post Secondary Enrollment Options(PSEO)

• Sheena Thao
• Center for School Change
• Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
• September 22nd, 2009

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Overview

• Center for School Change
• Stretching Minds and Resources 20 Years of Post
  Secondary Enrollment Options in Minnesota

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Center for School Change

• Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
• Increase student achievement and graduation rates
• Improve student attitudes toward their learning,
  school, and community
• Strengthen communities through building stronger
  working relationships

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Center for School Change

• Strategy One Create More Effective Models of
  Education
• Strategy Two Increase Knowledge and Support for
  Education Reform
• Strategy Three Stimulate Change in Local, State
  and Federal Institutions

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Stretching Minds and Resources 20 Years of Post
Secondary Enrollment Options in Minnesota

• CSC (December, 2005)
• Post Secondary Enrollment Options
• the rising cost of higher education
• the need for more students to graduate, not just
  attend two and four year higher education
  institutions
• the significant number and percentage of
  Minnesota public high school graduates who take
  remedial courses on entering Minnesota public
  colleges and universities

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Stretching Minds and Resources

• Findings
• Produced many benefits
• Strong support from participants and MN residents
• Some improvements are needed
• Access by other demographic groups could be
  improved
• More information about PSEO
• More clarity about what courses will transfer
  from one institution to another

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Implications

• Work towards closing the achievement gap as a
  community
• High School Students
• More involvement in college prep programs (PSEO,
  IB, AP, College in Schools, etc)
• Educators (future or current)
• Help inform minority students about college prep
  programs

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PSEO Data

• Information provided by the Minnesota Department
  of Education

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Questions