Almost 2,000 graduating seniors eligible for new UH Community College scholarship
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
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
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
University of Hawaiʻi President David Lassner shared a message on Early College efforts at UH.
UH dual credit program participants receive scholarship
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
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
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
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
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.
Early College offerings skyrocket at Hawai‘i high schools
Early College offers the opportunity for students to take UH courses at their high school and earn credit toward their high school graduation and college degree.
