College Before College (Part 4): What Should We Actually Measure?

College Before College (Part 4): What Should We Actually Measure?

June 27, 2026 · 11 min · Season 4 · Episode 33

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The episode discusses how to measure the effectiveness of dual enrollment programs as they expand across the country.

As dual enrollment expands across the country, the conversation is beginning to shift from simple access and participation toward a more complicated question: how do we determine whether acceleration is truly working? A newly released research report from Columbia University’s Community College Research Center offers an important glimpse into how policymakers and institutions are beginning to answer that question through “momentum metrics” tied to college enrollment, persistence, and completi...

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