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St. Paul, Minn. ? The Minnesota Office of Higher Education (OHE) is inviting new high schools to participate in Direct Admissions Minnesota for the 2024-25 academic year. The Direct Admissions Minnesota program is designed to encourage all graduating seniors to consider themselves ?college material? by proactively notifying them of the colleges and universities that are eager to admit them. Students will receive a letter at the beginning of the 2024-25 academic year that lets them know which Minnesota colleges and universities are granting them proactive admission. Currently participating high schools report that students benefit from boosted self-confidence, reduced self-selection bias, and enjoy a more stress-free college application process.
While this program is a true partnership between OHE, postsecondary institutions, technology platforms, and high schools, staff members at participating high schools play a critical role in the implementation process by working with OHE to conduct the academic review and review of transcripts, in addition to troubleshooting and answering questions that students and families may have.
There is no cost to participate in the program. Direct Admissions received funding from the 2023 Minnesota Legislature to continue to expand its partnerships. New high schools will receive funding to assist with costs related to staff time and/or to assist with program events at the high school.
OHE is hosting four virtual information sessions on the following dates for interested high schools:
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM, Tuesday, March 12, 2024, Link to Register
- 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Wednesday, March 13, 2024, Link to Register?
- 3:30 PM - 4:30 PM, Monday, March 18, 2024, Link to Register
- 8:00 AM - 9:00 AM, Monday, March 25, 2024, Link to Register
Each session will review provide the same content and an opportunity for high schools to ask questions. The sessions will cover program overview, implementation process, roles of staff at high schools, and resources. Recommended audience for the information sessions include superintendents, high school principals, and high school counselors, as well as college access program and educational cooperative program staff members.
Only a select number of high schools will be onboarded for the 2024-25 school year. In addition to attending an information session, high schools interested in participating in the program should complete the Direct Admissions High School Interest Form?on the OHE website by March 31, 2024.
Contact us
For further media inquiries, please contact Keith Hovis, Communications Director, at [email protected]. Any questions related to Direct Admissions program or information sessions can be directed to Aaron Salasek, Direct Admissions Coordinator, at [email protected].
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