The Impact of Ohio’s College Credit Plus Program On College Success

The College Credit Plus (CCP) program, adopted and implemented by the state of Ohio in the2015-2016 school year, presents some unique opportunities for examining the impact ofaccelerated college credit on preparing students for success in college. This study attempts toexamine three of these unique features to examine the relationship that the CCP program mighthave on its participants’ success in college, measured by first year GPA upon matriculation at auniversity. Correlational analysis was first applied to examine any relationships that might existamong the dependent and independent variables. The number of credit hours a student completedthrough CCP demonstrated a positive significant relationship with first year GPA, while the typeof course work (General Education and Career Pathway) demonstrated a positive significantrelationship but no significance was found between the two types of courses according to aFisher’s Z-Test. The researcher wanted to examine the number of years spent taking CCPcourses to see if the amount of exposure of time to these types of courses demonstrated anyrelationship, but the data could not be determined to examine that relationship.