On Monday, staff writer Tim Logue featured a great new program at Delaware County Community College that is helping students who might not otherwise have a chance at a college education make sure they get their day in the classroom.
DCCC is calling the program their High School Dual Enrollment Pilot Program. It allows high school students to earn up to 21 college credits while still in high school. And here's the best part. It comes with a huge savings, up to a 72 percent discount off of the college's regular tuition and fees.
Tonight we will take our live-stream Internet broadcast, 'Live From the Newsroom,' to the Marple campus of DCCC to talk about this program, and two young students who are taking advantage of it.
We'll be joined by Bolanle Odusoga and David Kranefeld, both of whom are students at Penn Wood High School who are participating in the program.
We'll also be joined by College President Dr. Jerry Parker and Fran Cubberly, DCCC's vice president for enrollment management.
Just how big a bargain is the High School Dual Enrollment Program? Regular DCCC students pay $146 per credit. If you're from a non-sponsoring school district, you can make that $254, still a huge bargain in the skyrocketing area of college education. But kids in the Dual Enrollment Program pay only $40 or $80 respectively. That's hard to beat.
We'll review how you can get into the program and other factors tonight.
If you are a high school student - or the parent of one - you won't want to miss this program. Have a question for our panel or about the program? Email it to me at editor@delcotimes.com. Then join us tonight at 7 on DelcoTimes.com for some important information on how to beat the high cost of college.
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