Frisco - November 2023

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New opportunities fuel growth at Collin College

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The gist

Population growth and Collin College’s aord- ability has caused dual enrollment to grow, said Raul Martinez, Collin College associate vice presi- dent of primary-through-12th grade partnerships. Collin College supplies academic counselors to Frisco ISD schools, said Tiany Carey, FISD’s director of innovative learning. This helps students navigate the college application process and provides customer service to the district for the dual credit partnership.

The district’s student participation in dual credit programs has grown by 35% over the last semester, Carey said. This growth comes from holding the classes on FISD’s campuses, the classes working with the schools’ schedule and including dual credit in the online course selection process, she said. “It takes all of us collaborating to make it happen for students and we are excited to see a continued growth in the program,” Carey said.

Dual enrollment students make up 28% of Collin College’s credit enrollment and have been the biggest area of growth for the school, which partners with all of the independent school districts in its service area. Since 2021, Collin College campuses have opened in Celina and Wylie, and a technical campus opened in Allen. The new campus locations were chosen because data showed that students were less likely to attend if they had to commute more than 20 minutes, Johnson said. The school has also expanded to oer four bachelor’s programs.

Frisco ISD dual credit enrollment Frisco ISD saw a more than 40% increase in its dual credit program this fall compared to fall 2019.

1,953

1,687

1,441

1,392

1,347

1,284

+40.30% over 4 years

1,220

1,179

The breakdown Dual enrollment at Collin College has increased over the last two years.

1,115

Fall

Spring 2020

Fall Spring 2020 2021

Fall 2021

Spring 2022

Fall 2022

Spring 2023

Fall 2023

2019

Fall semester enrollment

SOURCE: FRISCO ISDCOMMUNITY IMPACT

Total credit students Dual enrollment students

33,996

21.16%

Quotes of Note

35,392

26.21%

“Our community is growing—and we are a community college—so we have had to be responsive.” ABE JOHNSON, COLLIN COLLEGE SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT OF CAMPUS OPERATIONS

“We are one community all working toward the same goal of helping every student by name and need.” TIFFANY CAREY, FRISCO ISD INNOVATIVE LEARNING DIRECTOR

33,690

19.86%

35,085

25.51%

28.45%

37,998

SOURCE: COLLIN COLLEGECOMMUNITY IMPACT

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