Teaching Early College High School at LaGuardia Community College

When Dr. Marcia Glick of LaGuardia Community College began a partnership with the Early College High School Initiative in 2002, she writes, “I had a number of questions about the viability of including secondary students in the postsecondary classroom. Could the high school adolescents adapt to the college environment? Would they be able to ‘fit in’ and become college freshmen?” In this article, she addresses these and other questions. The bottom line: “Can Early College students excel in the college classroom? Yes.”