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Dual‑credit expansion and SB155 cited as drivers of technical‑college enrollment growth
Summary
Kansas Board of Regents and technical college leaders told a budget committee that Excel/CTE dual‑credit expansion and partnerships with employers are driving large gains in technical‑college enrollments, and that high‑school students receiving college credit are counted in enrollment metrics.
Doctor Flanders of the Kansas Board of Regents and Sherry Utash of WSU Tech told the Committee on Higher Education Budget that technical colleges have seen notable enrollment gains driven in part by dual‑credit expansion to high‑school students.
Flanders said the state used to deliver roughly 3,000–3,500 high‑school students for technical courses annually and now delivers more than 15,000 through Excel and CTE programs. “We used to deliver college…
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