Date of Award
Spring 5-14-2021
Document Type
Dissertation (799 registration)
Degree Name
Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership
Department
Graduate Studies
Committee Chair
Michael Coquyt
Keywords
Concurrent enrollment, Minnesota high school, post-secondary education opportunities, high school administrator
Abstract
Concurrent enrollment plays an increasingly important role in dual credit program options throughout Minnesota public schools. The purpose of this phenomenological qualitative study was to discern any shared phenomenon among public high school administrators in schools where concurrent enrollment is offered. This dissertation was framed by two research questions: 1) Share your rationale for why your school is offering concurrent enrollment courses. 2) From your perspective, how does concurrent enrollment participation impact your student body?
A qualitative, constructivist, phenomenological study was conducted using semi-structured interviews across a mix of seven rural and urban Minnesota school districts. The participants included seven administrators with job titles ranging from Counselor to District Superintendent. The study’s theoretical framework was grounded in Perna & Thomas’ Integrated Conceptual Model of Student Success (2008), which incorporates schools as a component of the framework’s integral contextual layers through which students integrate and navigate. This model assists in providing a visual framework of the ingredients necessary for student success during and after, high school (Taylor, 2015). The findings yielded that participants perceived: a) concurrent enrollment provides students with access and opportunity to college-level rigorous coursework and that exposure of that level of rigorous coursework better prepares a student for success after high school, regardless if college credit is earned while taking the course, b) that offering concurrent enrollment was necessary to the financial viability of the school, and c) there is a direct impact on accreditation and staffing resources when offering concurrent enrollment.
Recommended Citation
Johnson, Erica, "Impacts of Concurrent Enrollment Offerings on Minnesota High School Programming: A Qualitative Exploration of High School Administrator Perceptions." (2021). Dissertations, Theses, and Projects. 550.
https://red.mnstate.edu/thesis/550
Included in
Academic Advising Commons, Curriculum and Instruction Commons, Educational Leadership Commons, Elementary and Middle and Secondary Education Administration Commons, Higher Education and Teaching Commons, Junior High, Intermediate, Middle School Education and Teaching Commons, Other Education Commons, Other Teacher Education and Professional Development Commons, Secondary Education Commons, Secondary Education and Teaching Commons