College of DuPage Hosts Orientation for Inaugural Early College Initiative Students

Mark Rudisill, Assistant Professor of Economics at College of DuPage, meets with high school students participating in the Early College Initiative during a recent orientation session held on the COD campus in Glen Ellyn. Click here for more photos from the orientation.

Nearly 50 students from West Chicago and Glenbard East high schools are the first participants in the Early College Initiative, a pilot program that began this fall. Starting their junior year, students take one college course each semester and can opt to keep the momentum - and college credits - building with a summer class, earning up to 15 credit hours by the time they finish high school. College of DuPage instructors go to the high school, working directly with the students and teachers to complete five key courses: English, speech, psychology, sociology and economics.

The recent orientation gave students and their parents a chance to meet with COD faculty, administrators and staff to discuss several key topics, including college resources, college preparedness, course registration, purchasing books and getting a student ID. (Photos by Press Photography Network/Special to College of DuPage)