College Head Start

An excerpt from OZY -

Kentucky Gives High Schoolers a College Head Start

Watch for bluegrass brainiacs. Kentucky’s becoming a leader in dual-enrollment — where high school students get credits for college classes — with more than 42,400 students taking advantage last fall. More and more states are following the “early college” trend as the federal government starts to tailor Pell Grants to younger teens, with low-income students seeing particular gains. While there are concerns about equal access to the program and overworking adolescents, employers and parents are still chasing the prospect of better-prepared youngsters and shrinking tuition bills.

http://www.ozy.com/politics-and-power/the-future-of-college-enrollment-runs-through-kentucky/74725