Question: What advanced programs of learning are available to Cleveland students who are not being properly educated? Dr. Alex Johnson: With respect to Cleveland students, we have a long-standing relationship with Cleveland Metropolitan School District. It has gone on for decades. There are a couple of highlights. Twenty years ago, we established the High Tech Academy. It was the first public high school on a college campus in Cleveland. The High Tech Academy involves seven high schools from t
With respect to Cleveland students, we have a long-standing relationship with Cleveland Metropolitan School District. It has gone on for decades. There are a couple of highlights. Twenty years ago, we established the High Tech Academy. It was the first public high school on a college campus in Cleveland. The High Tech Academy involves seven high schools from throughout Cleveland. It is open to students beginning in the 9th grade. They must qualify. They have to be ready for College level English. We give them the opportunity to participate in an original program. We provide them with a boot camp to get them prepared to get into college level English. They come to us in the morning. They spend their time in the high school taking high school level courses. In the afternoon, they come to Tri-C and take College level courses. We have over 300 individuals involved in that program and we have maintained that number for the last two decades. Some of those individuals not only complete upwards to 23-30 credit hours but they get to affirm their Associates College Degree while attending high school. Many of them have gone on to not only represent High Tech Academy but also their high school. There is a real assurance their communities are very proud of them. We have a magistrate in the Cleveland Heights Court. This individual completed our program. We have doctors, individuals who have completed their education in Ivy League Schools such as Harvard. We had one young woman who completed her Associates Degree and a High School Diploma when she was fifteen years old. She will continue her education at Cleveland State and is already been admitted to Law School at Harvard. How much better does it get than that? We have centers in high schools where we work with individuals to get them ready for college. We have a number of different programs here at the institution, including a youth technology academy, which serves individuals throughout the County. The list goes on-and-on. Approximately twenty percent of our enrollment is made up of high school students. They come either through the specialized programs or through the dual enrollment program. We can do better. I think that the “Say Yes” program offers that opportunity along with other classes that we are offering here at the institution.
DR. ALEX JOHNSON AND TEAM Tri-C Strive For Higher Learning
