Lincoln Land Community College partners with in-district high schools to provide dual credit opportunities for high school juniors and seniors. The goals of dual credit partnerships inlcude the following:

• To provide educational opportunities for high school students in the Lincoln Land Community College (LLCC) district;
• To enhance the current high school curriculum;
• To address students’ unique interests, abilities, and attitudes;
• To prepare students for work and/or further educational endeavors; and
• To improve the transition of students from high school to college.

 Benefits: 

• Courses are tuition-free for students taking a dual credit course taught during the high school day by a high school instructor as part of the regular teaching load.
• Students get a head start on their college education.
• Dual credit entices students not to choose early graduation.
• Students who take college-level courses while in a high school adapt more easily to college curriculum.
• Courses offered in district high schools make college more accessible to area high school students.
• The Dual Credit Program provides an incentive for students to pursue a college degree when financial obstacles might otherwise prevent them from doing so.
• Enrollment in the Dual Credit Program can reduce the students’ costs in tuition payment after they complete high school and enroll in a college or university.
• Credit earned is posted as college credit on an official LLCC transcript.

• Courses are college-level courses and are of the same high quality, cover the same content, and have the same rigor as courses offered at the college’s main campus or regional locations.
• Courses can be taken for college and high school credit.
• Students must enroll as LLCC students.
• Students will be subject to all LLCC placement, enrollment, grading, and records policies and procedures.
• All instructors of dual credit courses must meet Illinois Community College Board (ICCB) and LLCC qualifications.
• Dual credit courses use LLCC textbooks and outlines (unless otherwise approved by an LLCC Dean).