Completing a College Degree in High School: Early College Programs

Joel Doepker and Leigh Kolb discuss the early college programs at East Central College that include the Early College Academy (ECA). ECA students start attending ECC courses on the ECC campus in their junior year and after two years have the opportunity to graduate with an Associate of Arts degree while at the same timeframe also completing a high school diploma from their high school.

Approximately 60 students from six area high schools are enrolled yearly in the Early College Academy program.

Details of the programs are provided by Megen Strubberg, ECC Director of Early College and Admissions and two students, Amber Glastetter, Washington High School (Mo.) and Mary Daily, Sullivan High School (Mo.).

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