Early Placement Student Assessment and Enrollment Process (Update)

The following are highlights from an email memo sent from Dr. Walker-Griffea, Senior Vice President for Student Services, to the College community on Friday, April 19th concerning Early Placement Student Assessment and Enrollment Process.

Who is Early Placement?
The umbrella term “early placement” will be used as the institution’s operational definition for dually enrolled and concurrently enrolled student populations, as well as those seeking participation in the Early Placement program who have completed their sophomore year with the appropriate unweighted grade point average.

EP Admission & Enrollment Process (please note that an implementation date for these new processes has not been finalized, but a recommended timeline is being developed):
• The admission requirements, policies, and procedures for early placement students will be consistent collegewide. High school students seeking summer courses will follow early placement procedures.
• The enrollment process for early placement students will be centralized through the Office of Academic Initiatives, with a full-time presence on all campuses. Academic Initiatives staff will track early placement student data to capture success rates, future college attendance predictions, and student course enrollment profiles.
• Enrollment Services leadership will develop a process for handling and evaluating documents from home schooled students.

EP Recommended Procedural Changes (please note that these recommendations will be taken to the President's Executive Counsel and then to the College Council for action items):
• Definition of college level for early placement students
• Number of courses an early placement student can enroll in each semester and summer term
• Prohibition of early placement students from developmental course offerings in any form
• Conditions of enrollment for early placement students under the age of 16

The committees (Early Placement Student [EPS] Committe and CAPDI) will continue to work on other issues to assist in simplifying the early placement student processes.  Please contact EPS committee members if you have any questions or concerns: Judy Ackerman, Eunice Akitobi, Monica Brown, Ernest Cartledge, Melissa Gregory, Ever Grier, Audrey Hill, David Jean-Julien, Katie Mount, Marcus Peanort, Don Pearl, Akima Rogers, Karen Roseberry, Rose Sachs, Elena Saenz, Clemmie Solomon, Clarice Somersall, Beverly Walker-Griffea, and Kathy Wessman.