The dual enrollment reference
Everything on this site that answers a question from data: the state rules, the colleges, the law, the dates, and the guides. Each page names its sources and the month they were read, and each can be saved to My FastTrack.
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Start here
The plainest answer to what dual enrollment is, how it differs from concurrent enrollment, dual credit, PSEO, and AP, and the first four steps.
What is dual enrollment?
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Every state, fifty pages
Dual enrollment is run by the states, so who pays, who qualifies, and when you have to file changes at the state line. Each page cites the statute or the department page it came from and names the month it was checked.
Dual enrollment by state
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The law behind it, thirteen states so far
The statute section, the administrative rule, and the agency guidance for each program, linked to their official locations, with a plain paragraph on what each one decides.
PSEO in Minnesota: the law behind it
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College by college, twenty-one pages
The state sets the floor and one college runs the program, so the test score, the deadline, and how the credit transfers are the college's. Each page is written against the college's own pages.
Dual enrollment by college
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Deadlines, by month
Every date the state pages name, in one calendar, each linked to the page it was read from. The notice deadline is the one families miss.
The deadline calendar
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Dual enrollment, AP, IB, and CLEP
The four paths side by side on what ends each one, what it costs, how the credit is awarded, where it transfers best, and which risk follows the student.
The comparison
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The research, in plain language
Twenty studies on dual enrollment, each summarized for a parent: what it asked, what it found, what it could not show, and why it matters.
The research library
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Guides, thirty-one of them
One question each, answered first and then explained: cost, transfer, eligibility, admissions, logistics, and the history of the idea.
All guides
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Checklists and worksheets
The readiness checklist, the 30-credit worksheet, and the counselor questions. Printable, and interactive inside My FastTrack.
Free resources
Guides by topic
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Cost and money
Who pays, what is free in which state, and how it touches financial aid.
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Credits and transfer
Whether the credit counts where your teen ends up, and how it compares to AP.
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Eligibility and GPA
Who can enroll, what the bar is, and what happens to the GPA.
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Admissions and athletics
How colleges read it, and the NCAA rules that apply to athletes.
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Getting started and logistics
The steps, the timing, and the formats.
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State programs
The rules are state-specific. These guides walk through one state program at a time.
Printable resources
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Is my teen ready for dual enrollment? A checklist
Twelve questions about workload, logistics, and money. If most of the answers are yes, your teen is probably ready for one college course.
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The 30-credit worksheet
A semester grid for 11th and 12th grade with a transfer check on every line, so you can see whether the plan reaches thirty transferable credits.
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Questions to ask your counselor before signing up
Fifteen questions for the high school counselor and the college, with notes on which answers should give you pause.
When a page changes
State rules and college deadlines move every year. One email when a page you might rely on is re-checked or a new state goes up.
A short welcome series first, then one email each time a new guide goes up. You can unsubscribe at any time.