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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What is early college? [/quote]

Every graduating high school senior would also graduate with an associate's degree.[/quote]
Seems useless [/quote]

For kids going to public university, they can skip two years of instruction, which can save a huge amount of tuition.  For some families and kids with [b]modest academic aspirations [/b]it can work well.

My HS had it, so I had almost two years of community college credit; but I went out of state to a more rigorous private university and the credits were worthless.  As academics, it was a mixed bag, I think better than most Honors courses, but not as valuable as AP/IB.  But without the high stakes of the AP test to get credit, which again for mainstream academics is a good deal.[/quote]

Are there hundreds of students like this whose needs aren't or won't be met by the Career Center/Arl Tech? Don't they pretty much offer the same thing and have the same vibe? For the kids who either already know what field they'd like to work in upon graduation and want to accelerate their ability to earn a living and/or for the students who aren't on the highly selective university track? [/quote]

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