Resources

Past Early College Convenings

Spring 2024 Early College Convening

Session resources from the Spring 2024 Early College Convening on February 9, 2024 can be accessed here (link will be updated shortly).

Fall 2022 Early College Convening

Session recordings and resources from the Fall 2022 Early College Convening on October 27-28, 2022 can be accessed here (link will be updated shortly).

Fall 2021 Early College Convening

Session recordings and resources from the Fall 2021 Early College Convening on October 21-22, 2021 can be accessed here (link will be updated shortly).

Fall 2020 Early College Convening

Session recordings and resources from the Fall 2020 Early College Convening on October 15-16, 2020 can be accessed here (link will be updated shortly).

Spring 2018 Early College Technical Assistance Convening —
Materials and Presentations

• Terry George, President and CEO, Harold K.L. Castle Foundation Opening Remarks
• Plenary — Jobs for the Future (Presentation and Pathways to Prosperity Handout)
• Early College Counseling by Leeward CC (Presentation, EC Programs at LCC Handout, and STAR Handout)
• Establishing & Scaling Early College Programs (Presentation, LCC Handout, and Waianae High School Handout)
• Digging for Gold: Evaluating the Impact of Your Early College Program — Presentation
• Future Ready in Massachusetts: Reaching Higher for College Readiness and Success (Presentation, Partnership Opportunity Handout, MPS Profile Handout, and Links to Resources Handout)
• Riding the Wave to Student Success — Integrating Early College & AVID Programming — Presentation

Local Research & Publications

• External Evaluation – “Transition to Online Learning Within Hawai’i’s Early College Program” (July 2022) with executive summary
• January 2021 Early College Update document
• External Evaluation – “Hawai’i Early College:  Implementation and Outcomes” (May 2018)
• Dual Credit Issue Brief (September 2016) with additional testimonials
• Dual Credit White Paper – “Postsecondary Outcomes of Hawai’i Department of Education and University of Hawai’i Dual Credit Participants” (January 2014)

Data Reports & Dashboards

• Early College Baseline Metrics (specific to the metrics identified the Early College Strategic Directions)
• Statewide Early College Participation Dashboard
• Dual Credit Data Story
• College & Career Readiness Indicators (CCRI) Dashboard (Note:  Going to the “By Demographics/Academics” tab will allow you to look at college enrollment by dual credit status or dual credit participation by student characteristic)
• High School Completers Fall Enrollment Locations (Note:  Selecting “Accelerated Learning” under the “Select a Disaggregation” menu option will allow you to see additional first fall college enrollment information by dual credit status & dual credit + economic disadvantaged status.)

Latest News

Check out the latest news and success stories surrounding Dual Credit programs in Hawai‘i.

• Pearl City High School Seniors Earn Business Certificates from Leeward CC, UH News, May 6, 2024
• He’s 18, She’s 20: Meet the HIDOE’s Youngest Teachers, HIDOE Press Release, March 13, 2024
• Go Govs! Farrington HS Students Earn Degrees from Honolulu CC, UH News, May 9, 2023
• They’re Getting College Degrees – A Week Before They Graduate from High School, Hawaii News Now, May 8, 2023
• Early College Initiative Boosts Pacific Islander Students, UH News, July 12, 2021
• Early College Automotive Students on the Fast Track, UH News, May 27, 2021
• Leeward CC Early College Student Wins National Award, UH News, March 24, 2021
• There Is Clear Evidence that Early College Works, Civil Beat, August 7, 2018
• Early College is a Growing Success, UH News, August 7, 2018
• Why College Now Starts in High School for So Many Hawaii Kids, Civil Beat, August 6, 2018
• Early College Participation Increases, UH News, April 2, 2018
• Early College Offerings Skyrocket at Hawai‘i High Schools, UH News, December 18, 2017
• Hawai‘i Dual Credit High Schoolers More Likely to Go to College, Hawaii News Now, September 8, 2016
• More Students Earning College Credit in High School, UH News, April 19, 2016

Policy

Information about Dual Credit Programs in Hawai’i Revised Statue:

• HRS §302A-401
• HRS §304A-803