High School Sisters In Oxford Receiving Credit at Delaware County Community College

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The Hostetter girls of Oxford: Brooke, Ellie, and Paige.

Sisters Ellie and Brooke Hostetter of Oxford are earning college credits at a substantial tuition discount at Delaware County Community College’s Chester County campuses while they are still in high school. In fact, Ellie has earned a remarkable 30 college credits and saved hundreds of dollars. “It has helped our daughters immensely,” said their mother, Judy Hostetter.

The Hostetter sisters are among more than 1,300 students who have capitalized on the College’s dual enrollment program, which allows qualified Chester and Delaware County high school students to take college courses at a price as much as 70 percent off the College’s normal tuition and fees. “It is a wonderful way for students to receive an affordable head-start on their college education, and the credits are transferable to four-year colleges and universities,” said College President Dr. Jerry Parker.

Delaware County Community College President Dr. Jerry Parker, shown with Dr. Cindy Miles, chancellor of the Grossmont-Cuyamaca Community College District, participates as a panelist at the U.S. News STEM Solutions Conference in San Diego, California. Photo compliments of U.S. News & World Report.
Delaware County Community College President Dr. Jerry Parker was a panelist at the US Stem Conference. Find that story here.

“It is a fantastic opportunity for our students,” said Jennifer Williams, dual enrollment coordinator at Oxford Area High School. Oxford not only accepts the sisters’ college credits toward high school graduation, but weights the credits similar to what the school would do for honors or advanced placement courses.

This fall, Ellie, 18, will transfer her credits to Harcum College, where she will study dental hygiene. Having completed all of her general education credits for Harcum at Delaware County’s Downingtown and Pennocks Bridge campuses, Ellie expects to complete Harcum in just two years, instead of the normal three. “Dual enrollment has been such a great opportunity,” she said. “You get a head start and you save a lot of money.”

Delaware County Community College’s Pennocks Bridge Campus is a joint venture with the Chester County Intermediate Unit. The campus is located within the Chester County Technical College High School in West Grove.

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Following in her sister’s footsteps, Brooke, 17, plans to take classes both online and at Pennocks Bridge in the fall and spring. A rising senior at Oxford Area High School, Brooke also is considering transferring the credits she earns to Harcum College, reducing the time it will take for her to earn a bachelor’s degree in occupational therapy, her chosen career field.

Ellie and Brooke’s sister, Paige, 20, a graduate of Oxford Area High School who wants to be a nurse, said she wishes she had participated in dual enrollment. However, she still benefited from Delaware County Community College by taking courses in Allied Health at Pennocks Bridge. She subsequently enrolled in the Pennsylvania College of Health Sciences in Lancaster and this year received an associate’s degree in nursing.

To learn more about dual enrollment, see www.dccc.edu/highschool, or call 610-359-5157.

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