The Effects of Dual Enrollment Credit on Gender and Race

Abstract

The researcher of this study examined dual enrollment and Huskins Bill course effects on academic success and graduation rates by gender and race. Quantitative statistical measures including parametric and non-parametric means comparisons, including ANOVA, t-test and chi-square tests, were used to analyze data from 15, 527 North Carolina community college students. The researcher found that dual enrollment and Huskins Bill courses showed positive effects on GPA and graduation rates for non-white students and positive effects in graduation rate for female students enrolled in community college programs.

Keywords

• dual enrollment
• Huskins Bill
• concurrent enrollment
• college readiness
• college success
• race and retention