Our History

Our Start

SUPA was conceived in 1972 as an attempt to better prepare seniors, who had completed their graduation requirements, for the transition from high school to college.

SUPA’s mission was to develop a concurrent enrollment (sometimes called “dual enrollment” or “dual credit”) college readiness program. Dual enrollment not only better prepares students to transition from high school to college, it gives them course credit that 90% of SUPA graduates receive recognition for at destination colleges.

SUPA Today

SUPA is one of the nation’s leading concurrent enrollment programs. With over 200 partner schools in nine states and abroad, SUPA has over 800 certified high school instructors offering Syracuse University courses in their high schools.

Today, Project Advance offers over 50 SU courses from 22 academic disciplines, with new courses added annually. These university courses for high school students are identical in all important aspects to courses offered to matriculated SU students—they use the same syllabi (where appropriate), materials, textbooks, assignments, and assessments.