During her visit to Worcester State last spring, U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education Cindy Marten described the successful Early College Worcester program as a beacon for the rest of the nation.<\/p>\n
Now, that beacon is about to get brighter.<\/p>\n
A new $1 million grant to Worcester State University will allow the early college programming to expand with the addition of a new Early College Central Massachusetts program for areas outside of Worcester. The grant, from the U.S. Department of Education, will allow the new Early College Central Massachusetts program to extend programming to more low-income, first-generation, under-represented, and\/or disadvantaged high school students in urban and rural areas of Central Massachusetts. Through the program, high school students will be provided with dual enrollment college classes, student support services, and summer residential learning opportunities.<\/p>\n
\u201cEverybody across the country can learn from what\u2019s happening here, how you\u2019ve broken down the silos and put students at the center of every decision you\u2019ve made,\u201d Marten said at the Worcester State event that celebrated the Early College program and the success of its students. \u201cFolks around the country will see this as a model for their communities.\u201d<\/p>\n
Since 2018, thousands of underserved students have earned college credit through the Early College Worcester program, a cooperative effort between Worcester State University, Quinsigamond Community College, and the Worcester Public Schools. The program helps high school students prepare for higher education while also giving them the opportunity to earn college credits at no cost. In 2021, Massachusetts early college students statewide earned 24,000 credits, saving their families $5.2 million in tuition and fees.<\/p>\n
The early exposure and access to higher education can be life changing for the high schoolers. When early college students graduate from high school, they go on to college at a rate 53% higher than peers and persist at higher rates. The median income in Massachusetts is $41,000 with a high school diploma and $69,000 with a bachelor\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n
\u201cEarly College provides high school students with a comfort level and a sense that they belong on a college campus and that\u2019s one of the big components of our program here,\u201d President Barry M. Maloney said. \u201cWhether they\u2019re coming to the Quinsigamond Community College campus or to Worcester State, we want them to feel as if they belong, and to interact with our students and faculty to give them the confidence that they can achieve their higher education aspirations.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Studies have shown that the country is experiencing a 30% drop in college enrollment among under-represented students. Worcester State University, along with partner organizations, recognized this challenge, and Worcester became the first district in Massachusetts to establish early college programs in all its high schools.<\/p>\n
The university has been working to expand early college classes to Springfield and other communities around the Commonwealth. This new grant funding will further allow the expansion of this beneficial programming to other rural, suburban, and urban areas of Central Massachusetts.<\/p>\n
Early College Central Massachusetts is designed to be flexible to meet the needs of varying student populations in different cities and districts. Course locations may be on a college campus and\/or in the high school, modalities can be in-person, online, or hybrid, and course materials are typically open educational resources, when available. Worcester State\u2019s Latino Education Institute provides near-peer college mentors and facilitates instruction in multiple languages.<\/p>\n
\u201cOne of the things that\u2019s really important to us is keeping the program accessible, so that means delivering college courses where students can attend them,\u201d Ryan G. Forsythe, vice president for enrollment management, said. \u201cAdditionally, it\u2019s important that there is no cost for students and families, so they can participate in a class that might otherwise cost hundreds or thousands of dollars.\u201d<\/p>\n
Early College \u201cprovides a wonderful opportunity for our students to get a taste of college life and to make them feel like they can be successful in college classes,\u201d Michelle Huaman, world languages liaison for the Worcester Public Schools, said. \u201cIt helps them get comfortable with the college campus and seeing themselves as college students.\u201d<\/p>\n
Monica Echevarria, a teacher at Claremont Academy in Worcester, said she has received nothing but positive feedback from students enrolled in the program. \u201cWe have some students taking classes at Worcester State, and they\u2019re very excited about it,\u201d she said. \u201cThey talk about how it\u2019s a big university environment compared with our school, which is very small\u2014500 students between middle school and high school\u2014but they love it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Photo: Antonio Guijarro-Donadios, associate professor of Spanish and World Languages Department chair, leads high school students an interactive class as part of Worcester State’s Early College program. (Photo by Nancy Sheehan)<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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