蜜桔直播 Dual Enrollment Students See 92% Success Rate
March 24, 2026
Program Gives College-Bound Students Headstart on College
蜜桔直播鈥檚 Dual Enrollment Program is proving to be a good investment of time
for area high school students.
The program, which allows high school students to earn credit for both high school
and college with one class, boasts a 92% success rate with 2,257 students enrolled
during fall semester 2025, the last full semester with data available. In that one
semester, 11,875 college credit hours were awarded to high school students.
鈥淭he high success rate is likely due to a combination of factors,鈥� said Brian O鈥橠ell,
director of K-12 Partnerships and Teaching Centers. 鈥淥ur faculty members are dedicated
to teaching and to working one-on-one with students. We have great students at all
of our area high schools, and students have access to the same resources available
to our regular, full-time students.鈥�
Those resources include the college鈥檚 library, college clubs and activities, and counseling
services.
Senior Katelyn Faircloth has taken four dual enrollment courses in high school. Despite
having an excellent high grade point average, she was nervous about taking college
classes.
鈥淚 was nervous about taking college classes,鈥� Faircloth said. 鈥淭he classes are not
easy, and sometimes they require more time. Now, I am confident about going to college.鈥�
While she has enjoyed all of her classes, she does admit that one advantage of dual
enrollment is that she will only have to study poetry once, instead of the subject
being part of her high school senior English and part of her freshman college courses.
She encourages high school students thinking about college to take a dual enrollment
class.
鈥淚f you think you might want to go to college but are not sure, take a dual enrollment
course. My professors have been great, and they鈥檙e always helpful. If you know you鈥檙e
going to college, dual enrollment saves you both time and money.鈥�
Faircloth has paid for her classes through Tennessee鈥檚 Dual Enrollment Grant. This
grant has the potential to pay tuition for up to five classes. After those classes,
partial grants are available for additional courses.
O鈥橠ell said some students take classes at their high school while others take classes
online or at a 蜜桔直播 campus. Classes offered at high schools are usually general
education classes. These classes are required of almost all college students, regardless
of major.
鈥淕ood examples of general education courses are English, history, mathematics, psychology,
and speech,鈥� O鈥橠ell said.
Classes come with an extra advantage for students with plans to attend 蜜桔直播
after high school. Students with at least 12 credit hours of dual enrollment with
a 3.0 GPA in those classes are eligible for the Senators Scholar Dual Enrollment Award.
This guaranteed scholarship is worth up to $1,000 per semester.
Program Enrollment for fall semester is now open. Students should check with their high school guidance counselors for more information. Parents may contact O鈥橠ell at Brian.OdellFREEWS or visit .