Fire Up! Forward

Depending on your school district and available state funding, you may be responsible for a portion or all your tuition costs. If that is the case, your student CMU account will be charged shortly before classes begin.

Students can pay their bill through QuickPay, CMU’s online billing software. The student will need to keep track of payment due dates and pay charges on time, or they will be assessed a late fee. If students have questions about their bill, reach out to OneCentral at 989-774-3618 or onecentral@cmich.edu.

If your parent or caregiver works at CMU, you are eligible to use their staff tuition benefit to pay for all dual enrollment courses, including Fire Up! Forward courses. The caregiver will need to contact CMU Human Resources at 989-774-3661 or benefits@cmich.edu to get their tuition benefit set up for the semester.

There are deadlines to set up the tuition benefit, so we recommend having your parent or caregiving reach out to HR as soon as you enroll in courses.

At CMU, we offer traditional dual enrollment that allows high school students to take any class online, on campus, and, in some cases, right in the school district. Tuition costs do not typically align with funding available for the course and families often make up that difference.

Fire Up! Forward is a growing list of courses that align with state funding resources. This means there are minimal tuition expenses and savings are passed along to families.

Fire Up!Forward is only available for students with at least one parent or legal guardian who is a resident of Michigan (unless the student is experiencing homelessness).

To be eligible for a CMU Fire Up!Forward dual enrollment course, you must:

• Be enrolled in at least one high school class in a school district, public school academy or state-approved nonpublic school in Michigan.
• Have at least one parent or legal guardian who is a resident of Michigan.
• Hold junior or senior standing and have a cumulative GPA of 2.8 or higher. Conditional admission may be granted through appeal.

The number of courses you can take as a dual enrollment student may vary by institution and program. Be sure to check with your school's counselor to see how many courses you can take.

Some students may choose to take only one or two courses, while others may take a full course load. Make sure to consider your workload and ensure that you can balance your dual enrollment coursework with your high school coursework and other obligations.

Yes, dual enrollment courses can transfer to other colleges and universities.

However, it is important to check with the institution you plan to attend to ensure that the courses you take will transfer and count towards your degree requirements. Transferability may depend on factors such as the institution's policies and the specific courses you take.