Superintendents’ Perceptions of the Influence of a Statewide Dual Enrollment Policy on Local Educational Programming

This study surveys superintendents about Ohio’s ambitious statewide dual enrollment policy (“College Credit Plus”), specifically examining its local implications from superintendents’ perspectives. In particular, we find that issues of funding related to this policy have become a growing concern, and that districts are frequently struggling to identify teachers who meet the certification requirements to teach dual enrollment courses. Overall, this policy has presented several challenges at local levels, especially for smaller, rural high schools. Nevertheless, most superintendents perceive that this dual enrollment policy has provided benefits to their students. In discussion, we position our findings within the broader literature and the continued calls for expanded dual enrollment programming. As a whole, this highlights the need for researchers to attend to specific dual enrollment policy details and how they affect local school district programming.