Early College Folio

Published by the Early College Research Institute, Early College Folio is a digital, open-access academic journal hosted on Bard Digital Commons. The journal is peer-reviewed, and includes articles by faculty and staff at early colleges and other leaders within the movement.

Early College Folio seeks to regularly publish accurate, innovative, and insightful research about early college applications world-wide, focusing broadly on the theory, pedagogy, and contemporary applications of early college models, including early college high schools, early admission, early entrance, and residential early college.

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Early College Folio is currently seeking submissions for Volume 3, Issue 2, titled “Early College Expansion: Massachusetts as a Learning Lab.” Like many states, Massachusetts has made Early college a primary strategy to close wide socioeconomic gaps in college access and completion. Over the past four years, enrollment has increased 4X to over 10,000 students across 70+ high schools, with plans to scale this even further, with an ambitious goal of 100,000 Early College students. Partnering with public state colleges and universities and a handful of private colleges, students at state-designated Early College high schools can earn at least 12 credits with all expenses covered. Quantitative evaluation by pair-matching suggests Early College is generating significant increases in postsecondary access and persistence in Massachusetts. However, there is much to learn about the wider ramifications of this large scale systems change strategy. We invite scholars, teachers, and administrators to help us gain new insights from Massachusetts in this issue of Early College Folio. View the full Call for Submissions here.