Hundreds of area high school students take advantage of the 51ÁÔÆæâ€™s dual credit courses, and their numbers are rapidly increasing.
The classes allow students, for a fee, to earn college-level credit while they are still in high school.
Advance placement classes have offered college credit in Idaho for years. 51ÁÔÆæ has reached out to area high schools to bring its number of dual credit students to more than 700.