BISMARCK — Families in Cass and Grand Forks counties may soon have different options for college courses for high school students.

The State Board of Higher Education last week approved a policy change that allows high school students in those counties to take dual-credit courses — earning both high school and college credit — through the University of North Dakota and North Dakota State University.

Students in Cass and Grand Forks counties had previously been required to take dual-credit classes through one of North Dakota’s smaller public colleges, with the college getting the tuition revenue. Those students could only take a dual-credit course from UND or NDSU if it was not offered at a smaller college.

Leaders of those smaller colleges have resisted the change in part because of the

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