AdvanceEDU + DSST

DSST Partners with AdvanceEDU

Offering dual enrollment and innovative post-secondary pathways

DSST is proud to partner with AdvanceEDU, Colorado’s first hybrid college. AdvanceEDU provides innovative pathways to degree completion through student support services and access to online degree programs. Hybrid colleges in other states have been shown to double degree completion, halve tuition costs, and eliminate race-based completion disparities when compared to comparable institutions.

DSST has partnered with AdvanceEDU since its inception in March 2020 to offer an innovative new post secondary option to students and staff. DSST is offering both a dual enrollment option through a pilot program as well as postsecondary pathways in business, healthcare management, technology and human services. DSST staff also have the opportunity to take advantage of the opportunity to earn their Associate and/or bachelor’s degrees through this partnership. Learners who attend AdvanceEDU have access to credentials through Southern New Hampshire University, CSU Global and Western Governors University. In addition, they receive intensive success coaching and in-person support at AdvanceEDU’s downtown Denver co-learning campus, which offers meals, technology, tutoring, career services and childcare options. 

Early results show that this model is working here in Denver. AdvanceEDU saw over 90% retention of college-enrolled students in its first year; and 90% of AdvanceEDU students are attending completely debt-free.

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