High School Partnership

We pride ourselves in offering substantial support to both students and faculty every year, and are dedicated to program growth, not simply in scope, but in program quality. We’ve shown this in numerous ways including:

• Scholarship funding to all of our schools, focusing most of our funding to schools with demonstrated need.
• Continual investment in our program, including the recent hiring of staff to aide in the implementation of our largest discipline groups as well as investment in technology to support student registration and annual teaching requirements.
• College immersion opportunities for students including but not limited to off-campus access to campus library databases, campus admission tours and events, writing and arts competitions, and discipline-specific panels and lecture sit-ins.
• Continued investment in our 1818 instructors, offering numerous opportunities for professional development and grant funding for lab equipment, materials and supplies for 1818 classrooms.

2023-2024 Annual Report

Partner Application Process

SLU’s 1818 Program welcomes partner high schools of all types and enrollments. We are especially interested in partnering with schools that share SLU’s Catholic, Jesuit educational identity, as well as schools that serve historically disadvantaged students who could most benefit from a high-quality, dual enrollment program. To apply:

1. Contact the 1818 Program main office at 1818@slu.edu or 314-977-1818 to request a consultation.
2. Share the high school curriculum guide via the Institutional Partnership Application.
3. The 1818 Program director will arrange for either an on-site or virtual visit to the prospective 1818 Program partner high school.
4. If the 1818 Program director, in consultation with select on-campus SLU faculty, determines that the prospective partner high school will be able to successfully implement the 1818 Program at the school, the director may choose to offer the prospective partner school an 1818 Partner Memorandum of Agreement.
5. After signing an 1818 Partner Memorandum of Agreement, new partners work with 1818 Program staff and on-campus faculty on course selection, syllabus approval, approval of partner faculty to teach those courses, appointment of a partner coordinator at the high school and related planning. Partner participation in required orientation and professional development will always precede the offering of 1818 Program courses.

Because SLU’s ability to operate in each U.S. state is governed by the laws and regulations of each state, not all partnership requests are able to be considered. Furthermore, the 1818 Advanced College Credit Program has limited capacity to expand in certain academic discipline areas because of the need to appropriately support each academic area through the assignment of a faculty liaison. Finally, SLU invests fiscally in its partnerships, and therefore, schools with singular academic discipline area requests or with the prospect of few student enrollments may not be considered.

Partner Roles

Each school that partners with the 1818 Advanced College Credit Program has an assigned principal and coordinator to represent their school.

In some cases, typically for smaller schools, the principal may represent both roles. However, in most cases, the coordinator is a guidance counselor or administrator at the school or an 1818 Program instructor who has taught for several years in the program.

Principal Role and Responsibilities

The high school principal plays an important role in initiating 1818 Program partnership and supporting SLU 1818 dual-credit opportunities for their students. This person should be knowledgeable about the 1818 Program and its benefits, academic policies and processes, and instructor qualifications and application. 

Coordinator Role and Responsibilities

Each partner high school must designate an on-site coordinator who serves as the primary contact for 1818 Program information. The high school coordinator is SLU’s primary contact at each partner institution and is responsible for ensuring full compliance with the 1818 policies/procedures addressed in the Program Handbook.

1818 coordinator responsibilities include:

• Being knowledgeable about SLU 1818 academic policies and student standards and committing to upholding them.
• Verifying and maintaining the list of courses offered through their school by ensuring accuracy in course name (both high school and SLU); term offered (yearlong, fall or summer); and approved 1818 Instructor name.
• Promoting the 1818 Program to interested and qualified students.
• Facilitating and engaging students in the registration process each term.
• Verifying the accuracy of class rosters and grades submitted.
• Assisting students, parents, families and faculty with all 1818 Program-related questions, including those regarding tuition and payment, registration, grading, the applicability of 1818 Program courses/credits at SLU, and the acceptance of 1818 Program courses/credits at other colleges and universities. Ongoing training that supports high school coordinators will be provided.
• Attending annual professional development hosted by SLU either in-person or virtually each summer (typically early August) and winter (typically late January).
• Nominating students for course fee waivers (“scholarships”) based on their financial eligibility.