Education Funders Group Meeting: Dual Enrollment's Opportunity for K-12, Workforce Development, and Postsecondary Success

Dual enrollment, also known as concurrent enrollment, allows students to take college classes while still in high school. This can expand the course offerings available to high school students (from vocational pathways to advanced classes), increase postsecondary enrollment, and decrease the time and cost of postsecondary certificates and degrees.

This virtual session will cover the history of dual enrollment and new state funding sources. Participants will hear from K-12 and community college school leaders using DE to drive equity and enrollment and the remaining scale and implementation barriers they face.

This session will be of interest to K-12, postsecondary, and workforce development funders.

About the Education Funders Group

The Education Funders Group brings philanthropic funders together quarterly to learn about issues, trends, and needs in the field of education to inform individual and collective grantmaking. Over the years, the group has explored a variety of topics, including early childhood education, after-school programming, parent engagement, blended learning, linked learning, STEM, implementation of the common core, and college access/college success.

Speakers

Maureen Carew
Senior Program Officer, College Futures Foundation

Maureen joined College Futures Foundation in 2018. As a senior program officer, she leads the development and implementation of grantmaking strategy in the transition from K-12 to higher education and from community college to university, under the Student Centric Practices Strategy which include Dual Enrollment for Equitable Completion. Maureen has more than 15 years of experience working for and with K-12 institutions to strengthen the path for students to transition successfully to college. Most recently she held the position of senior community engagement associate at the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University where she led research partnerships with school districts, community colleges and community organizations. Maureen previously worked for San Francisco Unified School District where she launched their postsecondary success department and developed partnerships with the Mayor’s Office, San Francisco City College, and San Francisco State University to use data to drive equity goals. Maureen’s prior work includes serving as executive director for San Francisco nonprofits including Leadership High School, an equity-focused charter school. A first-generation college graduate, Maureen earned her B.A. from Franklin Pierce University and her M.P.A. from San Francisco State University. Maureen served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, and her two children are recent graduates of California State Universities.

Kelly King
Executive Director, Foundation for the Los Angeles Community Colleges
Chief Advancement Officer, Los Angeles Community College District

Maureen joined College Futures Foundation in 2018. As a senior program officer, she leads the development and implementation of grantmaking strategy in the transition from K-12 to higher education and from community college to university, under the Student Centric Practices Strategy which include Dual Enrollment for Equitable Completion. Maureen has more than 15 years of experience working for and with K-12 institutions to strengthen the path for students to transition successfully to college. Most recently she held the position of senior community engagement associate at the John W. Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities at Stanford University where she led research partnerships with school districts, community colleges and community organizations. Maureen previously worked for San Francisco Unified School District where she launched their postsecondary success department and developed partnerships with the Mayor’s Office, San Francisco City College, and San Francisco State University to use data to drive equity goals. Maureen’s prior work includes serving as executive director for San Francisco nonprofits including Leadership High School, an equity-focused charter school. A first-generation college graduate, Maureen earned her B.A. from Franklin Pierce University and her M.P.A. from San Francisco State University. Maureen served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Paraguay, and her two children are recent graduates of California State Universities.

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