College Credit in High School

Concurrent enrollment provides high school students the opportunity to take college-credit bearing courses taught by college-approved high school teachers. It is a low-cost, scalable model for bringing accelerated courses to students in high schools. Students gain exposure to the academic challenges of college while in their supportive high school environment and earn transcripted college credit at the time they complete the course.

Concurrent enrollment also facilitates close collaboration between high school teachers and college faculty that fosters alignment of secondary and postsecondary curriculum.

Sometimes called “dual credit”, “dual enrollment”, or “college in the schools”, concurrent enrollment partnerships differ from other models of dual enrollment because high school instructors teach the college courses.

Itasca Community College is accredited by the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships (NACEP). Read more about concurrent enrollment at the National Alliance of Concurrent Enrollment Partnerships.

A listing or our current high school partners and map of our service area can be found on our High School Partners page.