BOSTON – Massachusetts Governor Maura Healey’s office announced on Wednesday, June 18, that the state created 18 new partnerships in its Early College program that bring the statewide total to 73 programs for 1400 students.
The Early College program enables high school students to earn college credits for free before graduating high school.
The new programs in Worcester County include Clinton High School’s partnerships with Mt. Wachusett Community College and Fitchburg State University, and David Prouty High School, in Spencer, with Worcester State University.
In 2018, the state announced a partnership between Worcester Public Schools for students at Burncoat Senior High, Claremont Academy, Doherty Memorial High, North High, South High Community, School, University Park Campus, and Worcester Technical High for students to attend Worcester State University and Quinsigamond Community College in the Early College program.
Similarly, in 2019, the state announced that students at Fitchburg High School, Gardner High School, and Leominster High School were eligible to attend Fitchburg State University and Mount Wachusett Community College.
See the full list of Early College programs in Massachusetts.
The other new partnerships across the state are:
- Argosy Collegiate Charter School in Fall River and UMass Dartmouth
- Attleboro High School and Bristol Community College
- Avon High School and Quincy College
- Beverly High School and North Shore Community College
- Billerica High School and UMass Lowell
- B.M.C. Durfee High School (Fall River) and UMass Dartmouth
- Brockton High School and Bridgewater State University
- Brockton High School and Massasoit Community College
- Duggan Academy (Springfield) and American International College
- Edward M. Kennedy Academy for Health Careers (Boston) and Bunker Hill Community College
- Martha’s Vineyard High School and Middlesex Community College
- Methuen High School and UMass Lowell
- New Bedford High School and UMass Dartmouth
- Pittsfield High School and Berkshire Community College
- Tech Boston Academy and UMass Boston
- Margarita Muniz Academy (Boston) and UMass Boston
“Early college is an important and effective tool for making higher education more accessible and affordable for every Massachusetts student,” said Governor Maura Healey. “These new partnerships give more young people the opportunity to earn college credit at no cost while still in high school, setting them on a path to success and helping to close opportunity gaps.”
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