Q: What is Adventist ACE?
A: Adventist ACE—Accelerated College Enrollment—facilitates quality dual enrollment options through on-line learning to students who desire to take faith-based, Adventist college level courses while continuing their education at their local day academy, boarding academy,  public school, or home school.

Q: Why do we need dual-enrollment options for Adventist students?
A: Students across the nation are taking dual-enrollment courses in ever increasing numbers. Many of these students never enroll in or are exposed to Adventist education options. Some Adventist schools are partnering with secular face-to-face or distance learning programs in order to offer students the learning edge they desire through dual-enrollment. All 50 states offer dual-enrollment programs, most of which are free or inexpensive. Adventist education needs to begin offering dual-enrollment options that are faith-based.

Q: Who is eligible to participate in the ACE program?
A: Students who are entering their junior year of high school with a 3.5 GPA or better and students who are entering their senior year of high school with a 3.0 GPA or better qualify to enroll in lower level distance learning courses offered at Adventist colleges/universities.

Q: How do students sign up for the ACE program?
A: Qualifying students fill out a standard enrollment form* available at the ACE web site (www.adventistedu.org/ACE).  They then submit transcripts, letter of permission from parents, and a recommendation from academy/high school (guidance counselor or principal) to the ACE coordinator. The ACE coordinator assists students in enrolling at the college/university where the courses are offered.

Q: Where do students find qualifying dual enrollment courses?
A: On the web site of the Adventist Digital Education Consortium (ADEC), students can search for lower division courses that fit with their high school curriculum needs (www.adventistedu.org.) Students may also find distance learning courses at individual college/university web sites. The ACE coordinator will assist students in finding distance learning courses that coordinate with required or elective high school courses.

Q: Who gets paid for the dual enrollment courses?
A: The student pays the college/university for the college course. Additionally, they may have to pay a recording fee to the local Adventist academy who grants high school credit.

Q: How will academies know which college level courses will apply for high school credit, and how many credits to confer?
A: Colleges/universities offering lower division distance learning courses will supply course syllabi to academies. The academies will survey the course and decide which high school courses correspond to the content covered in the college course and determine how many high school credits equal the college course credits.

Q: How can students combine ACE courses with their regular class work at a day or boarding academy?
A: Students attending day or boarding academies could combine their dual-enrollment courses with their regular face-to-face courses. They could attend the face-to-face classes when scheduled, and go to a computer lab or library to work on their dual-enrollment courses when they are not in their regular classes. They could be considered full-time students with all the rights and responsibilities of any other day or boarding academy student.

Q: How could public school or home school students combine ACE courses with their regular class work?
A: In a similar manner as day or boarding academy students taking dual enrollment courses, public school or home school students could work on their distance-learning courses when not in their regular classes. However, all high school credits for the ACE program must be conferred through an Adventist academy, so public or home school students would work with an Adventist academy to grant high school credit for the college level courses. This would provide an opportunity for the academy to develop a relationship with students they might otherwise never be able to serve, and to offer services that would be meaningful to the public or home school students.

Q: What is YOUR question? Please send your questions to Shelley Bacon at ACE@adventistedu.org, or call 509-675-5003.

*ADEC is working to get one form accepted for enrollment at all colleges/universities.