Dive Brief:

• A new plan would allow some Vermont high school seniors to earn full-time college credit starting next fall.
• The high school’s per-student cost — an amount very close to the colleges' tuition — would be accepted by the college as full payment.
• About 240 students are expected to enroll in the program.

Dive Insight:

The program seems like a smart way to give students a head start on college without throwing extra money at the issue. In broad strokes, the money that would usually be spent on a fourth year in high school is simply spent on the first year at a college.