How Running Start Works

Students who participate in a concurrent enrollment program are able to earn high school credit and college credit simultaneously.  The courses taught through the Running Start program are college courses delivered at the high school by credentialed high school faculty as part of the daily class schedule.   

Taking a college course while still in high school helps students learn about college expectations and sharpen academic skills while offering them a chance to discover what college classes are like before they arrive on a college campus.  That means students will have a "Running Start" on other first-year students who have no prior college experience.

Accepting the challenge of taking college coursework shows that a student is serious and wants to make the most of his/her educational career. 

For more opportunites to earn concurrent high school and college credit, consider eStart, the online version of Running Start which is described at www.ccsnh.edu/estart/.