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The Gateway to College program at Eastfield College serves youth ages 16 to 20 years old, who are at risk of not completing high school or have stopped attending school in either Garland or Mesquite school districts. The program gives students the opportunity to earn a high school diploma while transitioning to a college campus. Students may simultaneously accumulate high school and college credits, earning their high school diploma while progressing toward an associate degree or certificate. |
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The Gateway program is changing lives. Students who had little chance of graduating from high school are earning their diplomas and succeeding in college. They are pursuing four-year degrees and challenging careers. In short, they are reinventing themselves for their future.
The Gateway to College program was developed at Portland Community College and Eastfield College was selected to replicate the Gateway to College program in partnership with Garland Independent School District and Mesquite Independent School District
Please contact Gateway to College information line at 972-860-7129 or send an email to GatewaytoCollege@dcccd.edu if you have any questions.
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Gateway to College students learn how to succeed in an educational setting, under the guidance of a caring team of instructors and student support specialists with experience and commitment to at-risk youth. In their first year, students learn in a cohort (cohorts are groups of students who take classes together). The cohort experience builds their academic and personal skills, preparing them for college courses with the general student population. In addition to reading, writing, and math, cohort students take a career development class to help focus their academic goals, and a college survival and success class to learn how to take effective notes, study for tests, and juggle school, work, and family life.