Tennessee Comptroller’s Office Evaluates Tennessee Promise Program

The Tennessee Promise, created in 2014 by the General Assembly to give more high school graduates an opportunity to earn an associate degree or technical diploma is working, but according to research shows graduates with low ACT scores, minority applicants, and those from low income households were less likely to become Promise students. That word from the Tennessee Comptroller’s Office, after completing an extensive evaluation of the Tennessee Promise Scholarship Program. The research shows a larger percentage of recent high school graduates are attending college as a result of the program and Tennessee Promise students are accumulating more college credits, staying enrolled longer, and earning post secondary credentials at higher rates than their peers.