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Board of Regents reports growth in dual-enrollment and urges expansion of adult workforce scholarships
Summary
The Board of Regents and the commissioner of higher education updated lawmakers on dual enrollment gains, teacher-recruitment work and adult scholarship programs; officials recommended increased funding for the MJ Foster adult scholarship and adjustments to scholarship stacking rules.
Kim Hunter Reid, commissioner of higher education, told the Senate Education Committee on March 18 that dual enrollment participation has risen and that the state is expanding efforts to align higher education with workforce demand.
Hunter Reid said 41,000 high school students were participating in dual enrollment through public postsecondary institutions, a multi-year increase the board attributes to policy priorities set in 2019. She also said 74% of the class of…
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