CHARLESTON, W.Va. — As more and more students start taking college courses earlier, the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission says there has been an over 11% growth in dual enrollment programs across the state.
The HEPC recently announced the 11.5% increase in high school dual enrollment through four-year institutions, saying this growth comes as the state’s new dual enrollment initiative, LevelUpWV, continues to expand.
HEPC Vice Chancellor of Academic Affairs Dr. Corley Dennison said this growth in dual enrollment programs spans from last fall to this fall, and he believes it occurred because lawmakers saw it could work.
“I think most of that is because the legislature passed this bill in 2023 and they wanted a pilot, so in the 2023-24 school year was our first year in the pilot, and then here in the second year I think we were able to expand to a number of schools across the state,” said Dennison…