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Commentary: To boldly go where education in Maine has not gone before High schoolers taking online early college classes from UMaine at Fort Kent will benefit from a collaboration that bridges education and emerging technologies. By Scott Voisine and Angela OechslieSpecial to the Press Herald Share Imagine you are a high school student taking an online early college class for college credit. The class is introducing you to the many exciting developments in the world of 3D printing technology. You’re learning at home and your instructor assigns an activity that requires having access to a ...

>> it was kind of, you know, let's try this, let's see how this works out. >> i've seen two different approaches, right? >> one idea, develop qualified high school teachers to become adjunct community college professors so they could teach college courses in the high schools and align the schools to share costs. bowman and barry saw dozens of high school teachers become college professors, and thanks to their strong partnership, concurrent enrollment has grown dramatically. in 2006/2007 there were only 26 students taking college classes in aurora public schools. during the last academic year, ...

Degree. >> i think it's definitely life changing. all of this hard work, it seems like it paid off. she has 13 brothers and sisters so money in the family doesn't come easily. >> even something as simple as -- >> but the courses she took at the community college of aurora were completely free. she and her three sisters, who have taken free college classes while in high school saved over $70,000 on tuition. she and her sister melinita are the first college graduates in the family. >> if my parents had to pay for college for all of us, i don't know if it would be possible so concurrent enrollmen...

The community college of a roir ra were completely free. she and her three sisters, who have taken free college classes while in high school saved over $70,000 on tuition. she and her sister melinita are the first college graduates in the family. >> if my parents had to pay for college for all of us, i don't know if it would be possible so concurrent enrollment has helped my family financially. >> concurrent enrollment is a program that allows high school students to take college classes for credit. the program has exploded in the denver metro area where courses are being offered free of charg...

Schools allowing the schools to share costs. >> esp plus c -- >> bowman and berry saw dozens of high school teachers become college professors. >> because? a little louder please. >> thanks to their strong partnership, concurrent elrollment has grown dramatically. in 2006-2007 there were only 26 students taking college classes. during the last academic year there were over 1200. at the community college of aurora, 1 in 4 students is now a high school student. >> psychology tells us that -- >> in fact, concurrent enrollment became so widespread in aurora's high schools, that a college accredita...