dual credit mary-rita moore dean of enrollment services

Dual Credit

Mary-Rita MooreDean of Enrollment Services

Triton’s district

75% of our students are from the 25 communities in District 504

FYI

• We serve 25 communities

• District includes 9 public and 5 private high schools

• Local School/College Partnership

• Dual Opportunities since late 1990’s

Overview

• High School campus offerings

• Triton campus offerings

• Students must meet course requirements

• Various processes and steps

DC: HS Campus

• 26 course offerings

• High school instructors meet the hiring requirements of the college

• Yearly enrolling 1700 students

• Annual enrollment 9800 credit hours

DC: Triton Campus

• Offerings from 16 different curriculums

• 65 courses available annually

• flexible scheduling

• Most popular: Criminal Justice, Hospitality/Culinary Arts, Nursing Assistant, Allied Health, Automotive

DC: Triton Campus

• Fall Enrollments– 159 students– 542 credit hours

• Spring Enrollments– 119 students– 348 credit hours

2007 Enhancements

• Coordination responsibilities to Enrollment Services

• Production of promotional video

• Enhancements to website

• Two additional curriculum offerings

• Development of Career Exploration with one private high school

New for 2008

• Additional offerings

• Development of procedure manual

• Redesign of dual credit brochure

Challenges

• Limited opportunity to communicate to student and parents

• Are we meeting student interests?

• How can enrollment grow?

Contact Information

• To view Video—www.triton.edu search—Dual Credit

• Mary-Rita Moore mpatrice@triton.edu