High school students across middle Tennessee are graduating with associate degrees from Motlow State Community College before they ever even receive their high school diplomas. Motlow has more high school Dual Enrollment students than any college in Tennessee.
Through the dual enrollment program, Motlow specializes in making sure students get a tremendous early college experience. Juniors and seniors in high school can take college-level courses at their high school or a nearby Motlow campus.
Recently, 35 students from LaVergne High School graduated from high school with associate degrees in general studies from Motlow already in hand.
âThis is a great partnership, and I am so thankful for this program,â said LaVergne High School Principal Theowauna Hatchett, a Motlow alumnus. She said this is the second year that the high school has offered the early college program, which had more than 40 graduates in its first year. âThe program teaches them to take the initiativ