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The system is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. See more data about TBR colleges at  \n[tbr.edu/data](tbr.edu/data).  \nCover photos by Allison Shelley/Complete College Photo Library.  \nTable of Contents  \nIntroduction  \n05 Learning Support at Community Colleges  \n\n| 10 | Gaining Momentum\u003Cbr>A Decade of Student Success with Corequisite Learning Support |\n| --- | --- |\n| 30 | Gaining Ground\u003Cbr>Refining Corequisite Support to Boost Student Success |\n| 43 | Accelerating Success\u003Cbr>Investing in Innovations to Improve Corequisite Support |\n| 56 | Charting the Course Ahead\u003Cbr>The Ongoing Work of Reform |\n\n60 References & About the Data  \nGaining Ground  \nA Decade of Student Success with Corequisite Learning Support at Tennessee Community Colleges  \nIn 2015, Tennessee community colleges initiated a wave of national reform that reimagined academic support and accelerated student success. Through innovations in the delivery of targeted learning support, such as the corequisite support model, students are more likely to achieve key milestones of success in their first year of college. Now, after a decade of experience with these reforms, the evidence is clear—the share of community college students completing gateway courses in their first year of college has doubled over the past decade.  \nYet, gaps in student outcomes remain, and evidence from the past decade suggests the need for further improvement in the decade ahead. Since 2020, Tennessee community colleges have embarked upon a second wave of reform designed to help each student succeed. These reforms included refinements to the assessment methods that connect students with learning support, policy modernization to improve alignment of learning support with students’ program of study and career pathways, and investments in college-led innovations, such as the Tennessee Coaching Project, to improve long-term outcomes for students who received learning support.  \nThis report describes how Tennessee community colleges have reformed learning support to strengthen students’academic preparation and support student success. It explores outcomes from the past decade and points toward ways to continue boosting student success in the first year and beyond.  \nCorequisite support transformed course success at community colleges.  \nSince key reforms in 2015, Tennessee’s corequisite support model has enabled thousands of students to enroll in and complete gateway courses in their first year of college. Course completion rates remain well above pre-reform levels, showing that students can succeed in college-level coursework when given concurrent, targeted academic support.  \nPlacement reforms increased student access and maintained course success rates.  \nAdding high school GPA as an assessment method of students’ academic preparation has reduced unnecessary placements into learning support. This shift has preserved strong success rates while enabling well-prepared students to accelerate their access to courses in their programs of study.  \nPolicy changes modernized practicesand accelerated student progress.  \nUpdated policies about corequisite support, implemented in 2023, now prioritize students’access and completion of degree-applicable, general education coursework. This change eliminated hidden prerequisites and has the potential to shorten the time to completion.  \nInnovation is driving the next wave of reform to improve long-term outcomes.  \nWhile reforms have improved students’ completion of gateway courses, these changes have not yet led to improved persistence and completion rates. 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