The EdUp Experience podcast: The Education Improvement Movement

In the summer of 2023, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation collaborated with a select group of our postsecondary partners to help capture the voices of administrators, educators, and students, and elevate their stories of postsecondary transformation. Watch the videos to see postsecondary transformation in action.

Earlier this month, our partners at HCM Strategists and Edge Research released polling data developed in response to declining higher education enrollment. The upshot? Students and young people are eager for influential voices to demonstrate the value of higher education, so their perception isn’t solely shaped by pain points. They are desperate for both the higher education and K-12 systems to provide the support they need to create the futures they want.

A large body of evidence shows us that dual enrollment can accelerate students toward college enrollment and success, and save them time and money on their way to attaining a degree. But access to dual enrollment hasn’t been equitable, and the courses themselves are often not aligned to valuable programs of study. Expanding access to high-quality, college-and career-aligned dual enrollment pathways is one way to unlock meaningful opportunity for students. We’re sharing a resource that covers four key levers to maximizing the potential of dual enrollment: credit momentum, structure and focus, instructional delivery models, and integrated supports.