Articulated Credit helps to motivate students to do better in their high school courses because they must receive an "A" or "B" in order to be awarded credit.
AC saves students college tuition dollars.
AC saves students time spent in college and therefore puts them in the workforce faster. This not only helps those students who do not want to spend much more time in school at this point in their lives but it increases their lifelong earnings by obtaining employment faster than other students and puts them ahead in seniority with a company compared to their classmates who graduate from their post-secondary program at a later date. It also allows them time to take other classes in college.
AC is geared towards the career and technical education student. These students often do not do well in traditionally taught college bound classes that would be normally offered for dual credit. These students often have problems with or distaste for traditional teaching methods (it isn't that they are necessarily incapable of learning the material).
AC credit can be taught by any certified teacher at the high school. In awarding credit, the college looks at the skill level obtained, not the credentials of the instructor or methods used to teach the class. CTE teachers are becoming harder and harder for high schools to find. It is especially hard to find one that matches the credentials the college seeks in a dual credit instructor. The college does not need to worry about this in terms of accreditation because articulated credit is for non-transfer level coursework (with the exception of "Capstone" programs).
AC rewards the student for the skills they have obtained and their subject knowledge. Students should not have to repeat what they already know.
AC does not compromise the integrity of any college program. Credit is only rewarded if strict requirements are met and the student has obtained the specified skill level. The college sets those requirements and the skill level needed.
AC helps the student to maintain focus on their career. They receive credit for courses that are in a specific career track. If properly informed and counseled, they should feel a sense of accomplishment as they continue to accrue articulated credit and complete the requirements for their degree or certificate.
AC brings secondary and post-secondary instructors to the table. It recognizes the abilities and hard work of the secondary instructors. It builds a positive working relationship between secondary and post-secondary instructors. It brings up the high school standards as they strive to meet the requirements of the agreements. It assists them in their pleas to the high school administration as they attempt to obtain funding to update the equipment, software, and curriculum materials necessary to bring their program in to alignment with the college program. Once they have done this, it adds prestige to the high school's program if they are able to say their students earn college credit through their high school coursework.