“I am where I am today—in my career, in my community and in leadership—because PSEO gave me a chance,” writes Khalique Rogers in this Star Tribune editorial published August 28, 2025. “Every Minnesota student should have that opportunity.”
Rogers, who is the executive director of Minnesota-based Catalyst for Systems Change, shares his story and that of others who took college courses through the popular Postsecondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program while in high school.
"At 16, I enrolled at St. Paul’s Gordon Parks High School, already behind on credits and surrounded by low adult expectations. I took PSEO college courses at the University of Minnesota and St. Paul College. I earned straight A’s. It was the first time I felt truly seen for what I could do. PSEO expanded my vision of what was possible."
Rogers also uses data to share the outcomes for PSEO students and their families. “Research shows PSEO saves taxpayers more than $15 million every year and participating families nearly $60 million,” he writes. “It [the program] can be improved, but Minnesotans deserve the full story.”
