Access to College Credit Opportunities
Access to College Credit Opportunities seeks approaches to support Hoosier high school students with no-cost College Core and career education courses, so more can earn college credit and credentials before graduation.
Funder: Indiana Commissioner for Higher Education
Due Dates: Response deadline not stated
Funding Amounts: No award amount stated; approximately $30 million in current state funding is cited as a planning consideration
Summary: This request for information seeks ways to give every Hoosier high school student no-cost access to the Indiana College Core and priority career and technical education courses.
Key Information: This is an information-gathering request, not a bidding process or a commitment to proposed costs.
Description
The Indiana Commission for Higher Education is seeking responses on how to expand access to the Indiana College Core (ICC) and priority career and technical education (CTE) courses so more Hoosier students can earn college credit and credentials of value before graduating from high school. The request focuses both on students whose schools do not offer the ICC and on students who cannot access every ICC course through their school.
Respondents are asked to address teacher credentialing, low-enrollment courses, student-friendly scheduling, transportation barriers, and in-person, hybrid, or virtual delivery. They must also explain how they would provide access to courses leading to postsecondary credentials in priority industries, including advanced manufacturing and logistics, healthcare, life sciences, information technology, business, and construction.
