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Institution Does your campus have an official USG Early College Initiative partnership? Does your institution participate in dual enrollment programs for high school students?       Credit by Examination
Yes, on our campus with our faculty Yes, at a high school or third location with our faculty Yes, at a high school with high school faculty What strategies does your institution use to provide required textbooks to dual enrolled students while minimizing the expense to the institution? Do you have a Dual Enrollment Coordinator to support High School students taking college courses while in high school? What admission requirements does your institution apply to students with 30+ hours earned prior to high school graduation? Does your institution engage in any credit by examination program or activities Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate examinations Does your institution award credit based on portfolio review? Does your institution award credit based on ACE credit recommendations? Does your institution award credit based on assessment of prior learning via CLEP or DSST scores Does your institution accept all available CLEP test scores for all the years that the scores are available (approximately 23+ years)?
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College   X X X Books used for Dual Enrollment students are loaned out for the semester.  This allows the bookstore to reuse books and minimize the expense. If students do not return their loaned books, they are charged the remaining cost of the book after the state pays its $75 allotment. X All transfer requirements must be met X X   X X  
Albany State University   X X   Faculty in Math and English are moving to OER when possible X All transfer requirements must be met X X X X X  
Atlanta Metropolitan State College X X     AMSC provides "loaner" textbooks for dual enrollment students. X All transfer requirements must be met X X X X X  
Augusta University X X     Text book rental at no charge unless book is lost or damaged.   All freshman requirements must be met X X   X X  
Clayton State University X X X   Faculty are encouraged to convert course materials with the assistance of affordable learning grants and out Center for Enhancing Learning & Teaching to open stacks.  This includes the adoption of materials from eCore. X All freshman requirements must be met X X   X X  
College of Coastal Georgia   X     The College of Coastal Georgia has adopted open or low-cost educational resources in many of the core courses, and this has helped reduce Dual Enrollment textbook expense to the institution. For courses for which we have not adopted OERs, we have a loan system where all the books that the students receive need to be returned by the end of the semester. X All freshman requirements must be met X X X   X  
Columbus State University X X X X We issue books as rentals and students are required to return those at the end of the term. Some dual enrollment courses use open education resources. X All freshman requirements must be met X X X X X X
Dalton State College   X X   Where possible, we utilize OER texts.  We also have developed a library of textbooks we check in and out to dual enrollment students each semester. X All transfer requirements must be met X X X X X X
East Georgia State College   X X X EGSC uses open source resources in several core curriculum courses and its faculty have been awarded several Affordable Learning Georgia grants. In addition, book inventories are maintained for dual enrolled use in some courses. X All freshman requirements must be met X X X X X X
Georgia College and State University X X     Affordable Learning Grants; Book Grants for Dual Enrollment Students X All freshman requirements must be met X X     X  
Georgia Gwinnett College   X       X All transfer requirements must be met X X   X X  
Georgia Highlands College   X X X OERs X Other X X     X  
Georgia Institute of Technology   X X   Unknown X All freshman requirements must be met X X        
Georgia Southern University   X X   We're still working on this element.  Focusing on e-texts and using LMS to deliver course materials. X Freshman requirements or transfer requirements must be met (whichever benefits the student) X X   X X  
Georgia Southwestern State University     X X We provide rented textbooks to dual enrollment students. X All freshman requirements must be met X X X X X X
Georgia State University X X X   All physical textbooks are “on loan” and must be returned by students at the end of the semester, X Freshman requirements or transfer requirements must be met (whichever benefits the student) X X X   X  
Georgia State University                          
Gordon State College   X X     X All freshman requirements must be met X X X X X X
Kennesaw State University   X       X All freshman requirements must be met X          
Middle Georgia State University   X X X Bookstore loans the textbooks to the student. Students have to complete a textbook loan agreement form.  Books are to be returned to the bookstore at the end of the semester.   Faculty are encouraged to use open educational resources.  Through the ALG initiative, faculty design coursework using low-cost or no-cost textbooks. X Freshman requirements or transfer requirements must be met (whichever benefits the student) X X X X X  
Savannah State University X X     Textbooks are provided free to dual enrollment students. SSU is transitioning to no cost OERs. The provost has launched the initiative to utilize more Open Educational Resources. X Freshman requirements or transfer requirements must be met (whichever benefits the student) X X   X X X
South Georgia State College   X X   Encourage the use of OER among faculty, loan books to dual enrollment students who are required to return to the bookstore X All freshman requirements must be met X X   X X X
University of Georgia   X     Electronic textbooks, textbook loan and return X All freshman requirements must be met X X        
University of North Georgia   X X   Encourage faculty to assign eBooks and Open Source materials
In essence, dual enrolled students “rent” textbooks and must return them before being issued any textbooks for the next semester		 X All freshman requirements must be met X X X X X X
University of West Georgia   X X   Dual Enrollment students are encouraged, where available, to register for courses with OER or low/no cost text book indicators. Not all courses or disciplines have this option, and physical text books are provided to the students at no cost in those instances. X All freshman requirements must be met X X X X X  
Valdosta State University X X X X University Dual Enrollment coordinator works directly with VSU Bookstore to secure books for each semester. X All freshman requirements must be met X X   X X X