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Students get head start on college.
Byline: J. Andrew Curliss
Feb. 8--Students statewide soon could attend a new kind of school that requires an extra year but awards an associates degree or two years of college credit.
Gov. Mike Easley wants to expand the Learn and Earn program statewide to allow students to get a jump-start on higher education. The program includes a focus on connecting students with emerging fields of work in the sciences, health care and technology.
Students would report every day to a college, university or community college and take all classes there.
In his budget proposal expected later this month or in early March, Easley is set to more than double the number of schools in the program, from 15 to about 35 next year, according to schools officials involved. One of the existing schools is in Durham, on the campus of N.C. Central University.
Easley wants to create a total of 85 or more schools by the time he leaves office in 2008. Lawmakers would have to approve the expansion plan later this year, but have been generally supportive.
The governor and schools officials see the idea as a way to reduce the high school dropout rate while increasing the number of college-going students.
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