More Students Are Earning College Degrees Before High School Degrees
College degrees before high school degrees? Is this some weird alternative universe?
USA Today reports.
More students getting college degrees in high school
More than one-third of Americans have earned a postsecondary degree.
Few obtain one as a teenager. But this spring, hundreds — if not thousands — of U.S. students received associate degrees before high school commencements.
Brayan Guevara said he made a goal of earning an associate degree by the time he graduated high school. He was a student in Albany, Minn., and attended classes at St. Cloud Technical & Community College, or SCTCC. The native of Colombia said through the state’s Post Secondary Enrollment Options program, he earned 66 college credits — a savings of two years and more than $10,000.
Young adults with two diplomas are outliers in programs allowing high school students to earn college credits, which operate under various names and formats. They are growing in number at about 7% per year, according to the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships, or NACEP.
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Translation: College courses are no longer more difficult than high school courses. Little wonder that employers won’t hire them; they can’t think or communicate ideas effectively. On the other hand, I applaud these young adult’s efforts to get a step ahead of their peers who waste their (or their parent’s) time and money taking courses at a four year college.