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Hawaiian immersion high school students earn degrees at Windward CC

May 24, 2019

Four Hawaiian immersion students graduated with their associate in arts degrees on May 10, 2019, at Windward Community College and will also graduate from Ke Kula ʻo Samuel M. Kamakau on May 25.

Almost 2,000 graduating seniors eligible for new UH Community College scholarship

February 10, 2019

The University of Hawaiʻi Community Colleges will be offering a new scholarship for 2019 public high school graduates who earned UH credits while in high school.

UH West Oʻahu student rose from struggling immigrant to Academic Olympian

January 8, 2019

Leanne Villanueva earned an associate of arts degree from Leeward Community College through the Early College program and is now studying business administration at UH West Oʻahu.

UH awarded $39M to help low-income students succeed in college

October 21, 2018

The federal GEAR UP program provides seven-year, matching grants to states and partnerships for services that improve access to and success in higher education at high-poverty middle and high schools statewide.

Early College is a growing success

August 7, 2018

University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner shared a message on Early College efforts at UH.

UH dual credit program participants receive scholarship

August 6, 2018

UH Community Colleges have awarded 287 recent high school graduates with $100 scholarships towards books and supplies.

Record number of Hawaiʻi high school students earn college degrees from UH

May 14, 2018

Sixteen public high school students from across the state earned college degrees from University of Hawaiʻi campuses in spring 2018, before their high school graduations, through the Early College program.

Molokaʻi high students earn college credits and gain confidence in Hoʻokele program

May 2, 2018

The Early College program encourages high school students to get a head start on their college careers.

Waipahu High School Early College students inducted into Leeward CC honor society

April 3, 2018

Through the Early College program, the students had access to college-level classes that qualified them to be honor society members.

Early College participation increases

April 2, 2018

Participation in the Early College initiative, in which Hawaiʻi students can earn college and high school credits while still in high school, increased by 11 percent from 2012 through 2017, according to the College and Career Readiness Indicators Report.