Current High School Students

Current High School Students (en Español) Durham Tech is supportive of concurrent enrollment for high school students. The college encourages interested high school students who have progressed beyond the normal high school curriculum to take college-level credit courses at Durham Tech. Dual Enrollment and Middle College High School both allow high school students to take community college courses. Dual Enrollment Durham Tech is pleased to work cooperatively with Durham Public Schools, Orange County Schools, and Chapel Hill--Carrboro City Schools to foster the utilization of available resources and to provide more comprehensive educational opportunities. According to the Operating Procedures from the North Carolina Community College System office, cooperative programming is intended to enhance educational choices for high school students and should not be considered as a mechanism for shifting responsibility for courses or programs within the accepted mission of one educational agency to the other. Cooperative program agreements between community colleges and high schools must be developed in accordance with this premise, and the resulting plans for offering courses should reflect this philosophy. Two types of cooperative programming that are used by Durham Tech and the public school systems in its service area are Huskins Bill classes and concurrent (dual) enrollment. These programs are designed with the following objectives: To provide a program for selected high school students to participate in college credit educational opportunities not otherwise available; To enhance the motivation and achievement of high school students; and To encourage high school students to utilize post-secondary opportunities as a means for pursuing lifelong educational goals. Huskins Bill classes are developed by special arrangement between the school system and Durham Tech in which a college course is taught to a class of high school students. Dual enrollment exists when a high school student is taking a course populated mostly by college students. Students must be at least 16 years old to participate in concurrent (dual) enrollment . There are no exceptions. On August 7, 2009, legislation was signed affecting regulations and the registration process for high school students dually enrolled or taking Huskins Bill courses. Because of state-wide budget cuts, Dual Enrollment students and Huskin Bill students are no longer eligible to enroll in the following courses: ACA, ANT, ARA, ANT, ASL, CHI, COM, DAN, DRA, ECO, ENG, FRE, GEO, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, JPN, LAT, MUS, PED, PHI, POL, POR, PSY, REL, RUS, SOC, and SPA. The only courses that Dual Enrollment or Huskin Bill students may register for are AST, BIO, CHM, CIS, GEL, IMS, MAT, PHS, PHY, SCI, and technical and vocational courses ACC, AHR, ARC, AUT, BMT, BPR, BUS, CET, CJC, CSC, CTS, DBA, DFT, EDU, EGR, EHS, ELC, ELN, EMS, EPT, ETR, FIP, HIT, HYD, ISC, LEX, MAC, MKT, MNT, NOS, NET, OST, PLU, SEC, SGD, WEB, and WLD.
Step 1:	Complete the Durham Tech admissions application
Step 2:	Take the COMPASS placement test. Schedule and prepare for your placement test.
Step 3:	Meet with the DTCC Public Schools Liaison. You can contact Michelle Gladman at 919-536-7223, ext. 8034, gladmanm@durhamtech.edu, or attend an information session. She will answer any questions about the program, review your placement test scores, and let you know what courses you qualify to take.
Step 4:	Complete the authorization form and the "Checklist for Success." The authorization form requires the high school principal's signature. Dual enrollment students must hand in the signed forms to the Public Schools Liaison at registration. An authorization form must accompany the dual enrolled student's registration each semester, and each course requires a separate form. Huskins Bill students do not need to fill out this form.
Step 5:	Register: All high school students who wish to register for dual enrollment in classes may register only on the last day of registration at the college. This procedure ensures that enrolled high school students do not displace adult college students.
If students from the home school environment wish to participate in concurrent enrollment at Durham Tech, they must follow the eligibility requirements for concurrent enrollment of public school students. In addition, the student and the principal of the home school must submit the form(s) required of all concurrent (dual) enrolled students. There are no exceptions to this procedure. Concurrent (dual) enrolled students may take credit college courses for which they meet the prerequisites (COMPASS test may be required). No high school students may participate in Developmental Studies courses or other courses below the 100 level. High school students who receive permission to take college classes while still in high school are not charged tuition fees but are responsible for all other student fees. Durham Tech is not responsible for book costs or other supplies for classes.
Middle College High School
Middle College High School (MCHS) at Durham Technical Community College is a Durham Public Schools high school for juniors and seniors. Located on Durham Tech's main campus, MCHS consists of students from three school districts: Durham Public Schools, Orange County Schools, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Students apply for admission to MCHS (see How to Apply), and once accepted, take both community college courses and honors level high school courses. All Durham Tech. classes and the use of required materials are free to MCHS students. For more information visit the Middle College High School web site at http://mchs.dpsnc.net/. A directory of contact information is also available.

dual enrollment photo Current High School Students (en Español)

Durham Tech is supportive of concurrent enrollment for high school students. The college encourages interested high school students who have progressed beyond the normal high school curriculum to take college-level credit courses at Durham Tech. Dual Enrollment and Middle College High School both allow high school students to take community college courses.

Dual Enrollment
Durham Tech is pleased to work cooperatively with Durham Public Schools, Orange County Schools, and Chapel Hill--Carrboro City Schools to foster the utilization of available resources and to provide more comprehensive educational opportunities. According to the Operating Procedures from the North Carolina Community College System office, cooperative programming is intended to enhance educational choices for high school students and should not be considered as a mechanism for shifting responsibility for courses or programs within the accepted mission of one educational agency to the other. Cooperative program agreements between community colleges and high schools must be developed in accordance with this premise, and the resulting plans for offering courses should reflect this philosophy.

Two types of cooperative programming that are used by Durham Tech and the public school systems in its service area are Huskins Bill classes and concurrent (dual) enrollment. These programs are designed with the following objectives:

To provide a program for selected high school students to participate in college credit educational opportunities not otherwise available;
To enhance the motivation and achievement of high school students; and
To encourage high school students to utilize post-secondary opportunities as a means for pursuing lifelong educational goals.

Huskins Bill classes are developed by special arrangement between the school system and Durham Tech in which a college course is taught to a class of high school students. Dual enrollment exists when a high school student is taking a course populated mostly by college students. Students must be at least 16 years old to participate in concurrent (dual) enrollment . There are no exceptions.

On August 7, 2009, legislation was signed affecting regulations and the registration process for high school students dually enrolled or taking Huskins Bill courses. Because of state-wide budget cuts, Dual Enrollment students and Huskin Bill students are no longer eligible to enroll in the following courses: ACA, ANT, ARA, ANT, ASL, CHI, COM, DAN, DRA, ECO, ENG, FRE, GEO, GER, HIS, HUM, ITA, JPN, LAT, MUS, PED, PHI, POL, POR, PSY, REL, RUS, SOC, and SPA.

The only courses that Dual Enrollment or Huskin Bill students may register for are AST, BIO, CHM, CIS, GEL, IMS, MAT, PHS, PHY, SCI, and technical and vocational courses ACC, AHR, ARC, AUT, BMT, BPR, BUS, CET, CJC, CSC, CTS, DBA, DFT, EDU, EGR, EHS, ELC, ELN, EMS, EPT, ETR, FIP, HIT, HYD, ISC, LEX, MAC, MKT, MNT, NOS, NET, OST, PLU, SEC, SGD, WEB, and WLD.

Step 1:

Complete the Durham Tech admissions application

Step 2:

Take the COMPASS placement test. Schedule and prepare for your placement test.

Step 3:

Meet with the DTCC Public Schools Liaison. You can contact Michelle Gladman at 919-536-7223, ext. 8034, gladmanm@durhamtech.edu, or attend an information session. She will answer any questions about the program, review your placement test scores, and let you know what courses you qualify to take.

Step 4:

Complete the authorization form and the "Checklist for Success." The authorization form requires the high school principal's signature. Dual enrollment students must hand in the signed forms to the Public Schools Liaison at registration. An authorization form must accompany the dual enrolled student's registration each semester, and each course requires a separate form. Huskins Bill students do not need to fill out this form.

Step 5:

Register: All high school students who wish to register for dual enrollment in classes may register only on the last day of registration at the college. This procedure ensures that enrolled high school students do not displace adult college students.

If students from the home school environment wish to participate in concurrent enrollment at Durham Tech, they must follow the eligibility requirements for concurrent enrollment of public school students. In addition, the student and the principal of the home school must submit the form(s) required of all concurrent (dual) enrolled students. There are no exceptions to this procedure.

Concurrent (dual) enrolled students may take credit college courses for which they meet the prerequisites (COMPASS test may be required). No high school students may participate in Developmental Studies courses or other courses below the 100 level. High school students who receive permission to take college classes while still in high school are not charged tuition fees but are responsible for all other student fees. Durham Tech is not responsible for book costs or other supplies for classes.

Middle College High School (MCHS) at Durham Technical Community College is a Durham Public Schools high school for juniors and seniors. Located on Durham Tech's main campus, MCHS consists of students from three school districts: Durham Public Schools, Orange County Schools, and Chapel Hill-Carrboro City Schools. Students apply for admission to MCHS (see How to Apply), and once accepted, take both community college courses and honors level high school courses.

All Durham Tech. classes and the use of required materials are free to MCHS students.

For more information visit the Middle College High School web site at http://mchs.dpsnc.net/. A directory of contact information is also available.

Durham Technical Community College
1637 Lawson Street
Durham, NC 27703
919-536-7200