The Pickens County College and Career Scholarship Foundation
members and the educators of the Pickens County are excited about
the mission of helping all Pickens County students be college or
career ready. The chief way that we accomplish this is through a
joint venture with our local colleges called Dual Enrollment. This
allows senior high students; public, private and home schooled, the
opportunity to take college courses at the Pickens County College
and Career Center while completing their high school education
without actually attending the local college campus.
Dual enrollment programs are partnerships between K-12 school
districts and postsecondary institutions, through which qualified
students get to take college courses before graduating high school.
Students who pass the courses receive credit at the partner college
and meet the requirements for high school graduation. During the
2015-2016 school years, over 1.23 million students across the
United States took dual enrollment courses. The benefits of dual
enrollment are clear: students who enter postsecondary education
with dual enrollment credits have higher 2, 4 and 6-year college
completion rates, compared to peers with no additional academic
credit. As proven, there is great promise in increasing the number
of dual enrollment programs as a strategy to help more students'
access and complete college. Through dual enrollment, students will
gain early exposure to college-level material and a head start on
earning credits towards graduation.
The academic courses are in the fields of study related to
Science, Math, English, Speech and Psychology. These college level
courses are not without a price tag as there are fees for each
course taken. These fees range from $384.00 for a 3 hour course to
$512.00 for a 4 hour course.
Your donation will allow the Foundation to award scholarships to
Pickens County students so that they can take advantage of the Dual
Enrollment program through the Pickens County Career Center.
Sincerely,
Kim Dyer