2025 Early College Summit

Dr. Julie Edmunds is Director of the Early College Research Center at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro
where she leads a team of researchers looking at early college, dual enrollment, career pathways, and postsecondary
access and success. She has been studying early college and dual enrollment for 20 years and has authored or co-
authored over 30 peer-reviewed articles and a book, Early Colleges as a Model for Schooling: Creating New Pathways for Access to Higher Education. Dr. Edmunds has also been a program analyst for the U.S. Department of Education, an
elementary school teacher, and a Peace Corps Volunteer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.