Dual-enrolling daughter inspires mother to get degree with help from Tennessee Reconnect

At one of GEAR UP Tennessee’s schools, a mom and daughter are attending the same college and enrolled in two different sections of the same Introduction to Art course. Reagan Majors is a senior at Clinton High School and in her second year taking dual enrollment courses at Roane State. Meanwhile, a state grant is helping her mother, Kristi McMahan, earn an associate degree in accounting.

“This is exactly what we want to see across the state for more high school students to go to college and more adults to either change careers or just to go back and finish something that they started earlier,” said Duane Gregg, the Director of GEAR UP TN.