Early College/Dual Enrollment Program Overview

Memphis City Schools, in partnership with Christian Brothers University, LeMoyne-Owen College, Southwest Tennessee Community College, Tennessee Technology Center at Memphis, and The University of Memphis, provides an opportunity for eligible students to earn college credit while simultaneously earning a high school diploma.  The Early College Program gives high school students a jump-start on a college education and a career by allowing students to take college and technical courses while still enrolled in high school.  Dual Enrollment provides an academic rigorous program that accelerates learning in a collegiate environment. College level courses are powerful motivators for students to work hard and meet intellectual challenges.

 

Early College courses are taught on the college campus, the technology center or at the high school by a college professor or a secondary teacher who is credentialed under SACS as an adjunct professor.  Students are enrolled in college or technical courses with a combination of college and high school students or in “cohort or restricted” classes. Students who enroll in college courses gain experiences that ease and accelerate their transition to college. Dual enrollment courses blend the curriculum as a coherent unit of college-level work fused into a single academic program that meets the requirements for both high school and college.

 

Early College/Dual Enrollment College/University Campus Sites

  • Christian Brothers University, 650 East Parkway South, Memphis, TN 38104, www.cbu.edu.
  • LeMoyne-Owen College, 807 Walker Avenue, Memphis, TN 38126, www.loc.edu.
  • Southwest Tennessee Community College, 737 Union Ave. Memphis, TN, www.southwest.tn.edu.
  • Tennessee Technology Center of Memphis, 550 Alabama Ave. 38103, www.ttcmemphis.edu.
  • The University of Memphis’ High School Campus-based Program, www.memphis.edu.
  • Victory University 255 N. Highland
    Memphis, TN 38111 www. Victory.edu
  • Tennessee State University, 3500 John Merritt Blvd.
    Nashville, TN 37209 www.tnstate.edu/

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Early College / Dual Enrollment Procedures

  • ACT scores will be used to enroll students in Early College Courses. PLAN scores are being considered.
  • Memphis City Schools administers the ACT to all juniors. The PLAN test is administered to all sophomores.  Students are encouraged to take the ACT by the end of the sophomore year.
  • Students and parents are expected to review each college’s

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