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The Early College High School Initiative At A Glance

Early college high schools are small, autonomous schools that blend high
school and college into a coherent educational program:

-   They are designed so that all students can achieve two years of
    college credit at the same time as they are earning a high school
    diploma (within four to five years of entering 9th grade).

-   Students start college work based on their performance.

-   All students prepare to complete a Bachelor's degree.

-   By reaching out to middle schools or starting with the seventh grade
    and providing extensive support, early college high schools ensure
    that all students are ready for college-level courses in high
    school.

150 early college high schools will open by 2011, serving approximately
60,000 students. Early college high schools are designed for young
people who are underrepresented in postsecondary education---students
who have not had access to the academic preparation needed to meet
college readiness standards, students for whom the cost of college is
prohibitive, students of color, and English language learners.

Early college high schools serve the developmental and intellectual
needs of young people. They remove major barriers to postsecondary
access and success. Students are rewarded for hard work by the
opportunity to accelerate and to earn two years of college credit
without charge. The physical transition between high school and college
is eliminated, along with the demands of applications for admission and
financial aid. And learning takes place in a personalized environment in
which rigorous work is demanded and supported.

2004 SCHOOLS & STUDENTS

46: Number of early college high schools currently open.

6,533: Number of students enrolled in early college high schools

27: Number of early college high schools with two-year higher education
partners

13: Number of early college high schools with four-year higher education
partners

6: Number of early college high schools with two & four-year higher
education partners

19: Number of states (including Washington DC) with open early college
high schools

150: Number of schools anticipated by 2011

60,000: Number of students anticipated by 2011

400: Average number of students in early college high schools when fully
enrolled

SCHOOL THEMES

Allied Health & Medicine

Biotechnology

Engineering

International Business

Liberal Arts

Linguistics

Mathematics, Science, &

Native American Culture

Teacher Preparation

SCHOOL DESIGNS

Early college high schools are created through formal agreements between
secondary and postsecondary institutions. Schools are on or near a
postsecondary campus.

Institutional arrangements include:

-   Charter school/community college

-   School district/public state university

-   Magnet school on campus/private liberal arts college

-   Charter school/historically black institution

-   City public school/community college campus

-   Public school with tribal affiliation/community college

FUNDING

The Early College High School Initiative is sponsored by the Bill &
Melinda Gates Foundation with support from Carnegie Corporation of New
York, the Ford Foundation, and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.

Foundation support for school planning and start-up costs totals more
than \$60 million to date. Additional and long-term funding for schools
comes from a variety of public and private sources.

Proposals from intermediaries wishing to implement early college high
schools are by invitation of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation only.

CONTACT

Jobs for the Future

88 Broad Street

Boston, MA 02110

ph: 617.728.4446 fax: 617.728.4857

www.earlycolleges.org

www.jff.org

Coordinated By: Jobs for the Future

Visit www.earlycolleges.org

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LOCATIONS OF EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOLS

There is a Picture of the United States with certain states highlighted
in light blue.

THE ROLE OF JOBS FOR THE FUTURE

-   To create and maintain a vision, mission, and overall strategy for
    the Early College High School initiative

-   To provide peer learning opportunities and technical assistance to
    the partners and schools

-   To link the initiative with the broader movement to increase college
    access and success

-   To gather data for purposes of midcourse correction and outcomes

-   To enable the initiative to take root in states and districts

-   To move the secondary/postsecondary change agenda more broadly

-   To bring the lessons of early college high schools to a national,
    state, and local audience of policy-makers, educators, and the
    general public

EARLY COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL INITIATIVE PARTNERS AND SCHOOLS OPENING
2002-2005

Antioch University Seattle

Seattle, WA: www.antiochsea.edu

Schools in: Ferndale, WA; LaConner, WA; Shelton, WA, Marysville, WA;
Spokane, WA (2); Suquamish, WA; and Wellpinit, WA

City University of New York

New York, NY: www.cuny.edu

Schools in: Bronx, NY

Foundation for California Community Colleges

Sacramento, CA: www.foundationccc.org

Schools in: Alameda, CA; Antelope, CA; Eureka, CA; Modesto, CA; Santa
Ana, CA (2); and Norco, CA

Georgia Department of Education and the

University System of Georgia

Atlanta, GA

Jobs for the Future

Boston, MA: [www.jff.org](http://www.jff.org/)

KnowledgeWorks Foundation

Cincinnati, OH: www.kwfdn.org

Schools in: Dayton, OH; Elyria, OH; and Youngstown, OH

Middle College National Consortium

Long Island City, NY: www.laguardia.edu/mcnc/

Schools in: Buffalo, NY; Chicago, IL; Denver, CO; Flint, MI; Greenville,
SC; Long Island City, NY (2); Manchester, CT; Memphis, TN; Phoenix, AZ;
San Pablo, CA; Santa Ana, CA; Stockton, CA; and Wilmington, CA

National Council of La Raza

Washington, DC: www.nclr.org

Schools in: Bronx, NY; Chicago, IL; Houston, TX; Kansas City, MO;
Lancaster, PA; Los Angeles, CA; Milwaukee, WI (2); Pueblo, CO; Tucson,
AZ; Washington, DC; and West Hills, CA

Portland Community College's Gateway to College

Portland, OR: www.gatewaytocollege.org

Schools in: Riverside, CA; Rockville, MD; Clackamas, OR; San Antonio, TX
and Atlanta, GA

SECME, Inc.

Atlanta, GA: [www.secme.org](http://www.secme.org/) Schools in: Atlanta,
GA; Durham, NC; Jackson, MS;

Jacksonville, FL; Miami, FL; Nashville, TN; Selma, AL; and Washington,
DC

Utah Partnership

Salt Lake City, UT:
[www.utahpartnership.utah.org](http://www.utahpartnership.utah.org/)

Schools in: Ogden, UT; Salt Lake City, UT; and West Jordan, UT

Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation

Princeton, NJ: www.woodrow.org

Schools in: Berkeley, CA; Brooklyn, NY; Hartford, CT; Los Angeles, CA;
New Orleans, LA; New York, NY; Philadelphia, PA; Seattle, WA; Palo Alto,
CA; and Washington, DC

In addition, networks of early college high schools in North Carolina
and Texas are affiliated with the Initiative.

Coordinated By: Jobs for the Future

Visit [www.earlycolleges.org](http://www.earlycolleges.org/)

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