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Manno for Forbes: Dual Enrollment Blends High School, College, And Workforce Education And Training

  • October 31, 2024
  • Bruno Manno

The way America prepares young people for work and life is being disrupted. Clear-cut institutional boundaries that historically separated the programs and responsibilities of high schools, colleges, and employers are now permeable boundaries.

One well-known example of these permeable boundaries is earn-and-learn apprenticeships for young people. These apprenticeships combine a job that pays with adult mentorship and related classroom instruction provided by a high school or other education and training institution. On the other hand, high school dual enrollment programs are a below-the-radar example of this disruption of institutional boundaries.

This disruption poses huge challenges for schools, colleges, and employers. But Americans have risen to this challenge before.

Keep reading in Forbes.

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