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Woburn Memorial High expands UMass Lowell early-college partnership; district to add courses and supports
Summary
Woburn administrators and UMass Lowell representatives outlined expansion of an early-college program that lets juniors and seniors take UMass courses at no cost to students; the program reported a 94% pass rate for participating students and plans to add English, math and history courses next year.
Woburn Memorial High School and the University of Massachusetts Lowell on Feb. 26 described an expanding early-college partnership that lets juniors and seniors take UMass courses on the high-school campus and earn transferable college credits free of charge.
STEM coordinator Kim Gustenhoven and Francine Costin (UMass Lowell) said the program is in its second year in Woburn. Gustenhoven described it as “not the same as a dual-enrollment program” because students are registered as UMass students and take courses that are taught by university faculty…
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