How Dual Enrollment And Early College Programs Became Crucial Offerings For NMC, TCAPS
By Craig Manning | Nov. 16, 2025
Locally, the line between high school and college is becoming increasingly blurred.
Northwestern Michigan College (NMC)'s fall enrollment includes a whopping 544 local high school students participating in dual enrollment or early college programs. That represents a 13 percent increase versus fall 2024, and accounts for some 16 percent of NMC’s student body. But what’s driving the growth, and what does it mean for northern Michigan’s biggest public school district?
Partnerships with local high schools aren’t new at NMC. According to Admissions Director Lisa vonReichbauer, the college “started doing dual enrollment in the mid-to-late ‘90s, shortly after the law for dual enrollment was established in Michigan.” That law opened the …
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