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Eastern Kentucky University Encompass Online Theses and Dissertations Student Scholarship January 2015 Dual Credit in Southeast Kentucky: Accelerating Appalachian Success or a Mode to Regress Roger A. Bowling Eastern Kentucky University Follow this and additional works at:https://encompass.eku.edu/etd Part of theCurriculum and Instruction Commons Recommended Citation Bowling, Roger A., "Dual Credit in Southeast Kentucky: Accelerating Appalachian Success or a Mode to Regress" (2015).Online Theses and Dissertations. 342. https://encompass.eku.edu/etd/342 This Open Access Dissertation is brought to you for free and open access by the Student Scholarship at Encompass. It has been accepted for inclusion in Online Theses and Dissertations by an authorized administrator of Encompass. For more information, please [email protected]. Dual Credit in Southeast Kentucky: Accelerating Appalachian Success or a Mode to Regress By Roger A. Bowling Master of Science Industrial Education Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, Kentucky 2003 Submitted to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Eastern Kentucky University in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Educational Doctorate Leadership and Policy Studies December, 2015 ii Copyright © Roger A. Bowling, 2015 All rights reserved iii DEDICATION This dissertation is dedicated to my much loved family and friends for their unwavering support. iv ACKNOWLEDGMENTS Returning to school in pursuit of my Doctorate degree has been an interesting experience, ranging from very challenging and joyful to often being confusing and at times a little frustrating. Yet, all-in-all, I am happy to have gone through the process. Graduate school is a great resource for personal and professional development. I could not have accomplished my goal without the support and encouragement of many people along the way. I am grateful for the Eastern Kentucky University’s—Doctoral program in Educational Leadership and Policy Studies—outreach and support of the people of rural Southeastern Kentucky in recruiting and establishing the Manchester cohort, bringing this opportunity to the region. I would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge Dr. Deborah West for serving as my committee co-chair and mentor from my initial orientation through the dissertation defense. Her dedication to providing me with the guidance and support necessary to see this dissertation through, despite her vast responsibilities, is sincerely appreciated. I would also like to thank Dr. Charles Hausman for serving as my committee co-chair and advisor. Committee member Dr. James Bliss has been very supportive and a tremendous source for knowledge and guidance. A special thanks to my outside examiner, Dr. David Clutts. His support, encouragement, and guidance is greatly appreciated. Colleagues and friends, including cohort comrades and Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical College staff, have provided both moral and material support. They not only showed interest in my research on dual credit, they took interest in me v personally in supporting my professional growth and development. I am truly fortunate to be a part of a network team of such support. Most of all, I would like to thank my wife Patty Bowling; my son Roger E. Bowling, daughter in-law Audrey, and granddaughters Megan and Cheyenne; my daughter Jill Huff, son in-law Daniel, and grandsons Hayden and Talon. Precious family time was sacrificed along the way with the time needed to complete courses, research and writing. I love you all. To my entire beloved family and caring friends who have provided the support and encouragement I needed to complete this task, I am forever grateful. vi ABSTRACT Dual Credit in Southeast Kentucky: Accelerating Appalachian Success or a Mode to Regress By Roger A. Bowling Eastern Kentucky University This dissertation is a qualitative study about high school student participation in dual credit programming in the rural Appalachian setting of Southeastern Kentucky. The research region is comprised of resource extraction based communities and the coal markets have plummeted. Void the once robust coal industry, Southeast Kentucky will have to reconstruct a new economy. Today’s students in this region can no longer be prepared to enter an established workforce, they must be able to acclimate to and/or forge new jobs. Sustainability requires a refocusing on education. This dissertation provides a qualitative research contribution to the statistical literature available on Kentucky’s rural Appalachian dual credit programming. This study examined levels of student engagement in the regional service area of Southeast Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges’ current Dual Credit programming, the benefits associated with enrolling in dual credit courses, and exploration of barriers that prevent student dual credit enrollment or impair their performance. This study identifies five key components of dual credit that have an impact on student participation and performance. Also, triangulation methods were incorporated to evaluate research validly and establish areas of interest for further study. vii Finally, this dissertation describes how a local college and high school collaboration is becoming a powerful influence in encouraging youth to challenge themselves and achieve.
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