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Fifteen students from Chambersburg Area Senior High School and Career Magnet School will end the fall semester with college credits from �鶹�� College that they earned without leaving their high school campuses. Through a new agreement, �鶹�� became a preferred partner of both schools and now offers dual enrollment classes on site at each location. 

The Chambersburg Area School District and �鶹�� College began conversations last winter and reached an agreement during the summer. The high schools aligned their Advanced Placement (AP) courses—seven subjects this fall—with the �鶹�� curriculum to ensure both schools meet their required learning outcomes. Interested students were then required to work through the standard �鶹�� admissions and registration processes to enroll. Qualified high school teachers who meet the College’s requirements for credentials and qualifications will teach the courses. �鶹�� College applies the same interview and vetting process to the dual-enrollment teachers as they do to adjunct instructors. 

While �鶹�� already offers dual enrollment courses at its Philadelphia Avenue location, one of the main benefits of this new program is to provide access to dual-enrollment courses for more students. “We’re providing opportunities for the students who don’t have transportation to get to the �鶹�� campus,” said William Sommers, �鶹�� College Vice President for Enrollment Management. 

The high schools also saw increased enrollment in their advanced classes because the dual-enrollment course is automatically transferable at the college level. Without dual enrollment, an AP student needs to earn a passing grade for the course as well as take the AP exam and score high enough to transfer the credit to their selected college or university. �鶹�� College benefits from the agreements by garnering a more direct relationship with area schools. “This program helps create greater awareness of �鶹�� College, not only among the students who are taking these courses but also among the staff, the counselors, and the teachers,” said Sommers.