Vine proposes capstone project review for college credit
Vine says the high school capstone project is a promising route for CPL because it may demonstrate advanced college-level learning. She suggests it may align with CUNY general education rather than a specific course or major.
One promising starting point is the rigorous high school capstone project with which New York City Public Schools has identified to us as an evidence of advanced and potentially college level learning.
For CUNY CPL purposes, this route presents an opportunity with potential that's worth exploring.
Foundational knowledge of civics has broad value for college students.
It connects multiple areas of the liberal arts and humanities while fostering social responsibility and civic engagement that are relevant across disciplines and career paths.
For that reason, a CPL pathway tied to in-depth civic learning may align most appropriately with CUNY's general education curriculum rather than with a specific course or major.
To determine whether the capstone project could support a CPL pathway, CUNY faculty would first need to review its requirements and implementation across participating high schools.
They would need to confirm that the work is consistently demonstrating college-level learning, and if it does, they would need to identify appropriate CUNY courses or Pathways general education areas where that credit could be applicable.
Faculty could develop a rubric informed by the Seal of Civic Readiness model to assess students'capstone projects.