The value of concurrent enrollment has been a given to the officials of Carl Albert State College (CASC) for many years. The statistics speak for themselves: Over 80 percent of LeFlore and Sequoyah County students who take college courses while they are in high school will continue their education the following year as a firsttime freshman student. Less than 30 percent of local students who do not take concurrent courses while in high school will begin college after their graduation. That is a difference of more than 50 percent.