Other early colleges are programs within comprehensive schools that enroll interested students.
[4][5] Over the past two decades, Early Colleges have expanded rapidly nationwide.
Currently, a number of the intermediary organizations keep providing start-up and ongoing technical support, guidance, and professional development for their networks of schools.
[12] Two Randomized Control Trials of the Early College High Schools were conducted by the teams at the Early College Research Center [13] at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro (2006 - ongoing) and the American Institutes for Research (2010-2013 and 2021- 2024).
[12] These studies found multiple positive impacts of early colleges on their students,[1] which included: