News

Registered apprenticeships for career training are growing rapidly in Tennessee, according to a new report by the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury, which also highlights the important roles the state’s community and technical colleges play in the apprenticeship process.

The Tennessee Board of Regents is proud to announce the 10 community and technical colleges earning Postsecondary Aligned Advising (PAA) Endorsements for 2024. The endorsements recognize the outstanding efforts of colleges and their college access partners in providing exceptional support to students through aligned and comprehensive advising practices.

When Leadership Tennessee announced the 80 members of its two major statewide leadership programs for 2024-25, the cohorts included six representatives of TBR-College System of Tennessee colleges, the system office, and governing board.

Career and technical education students from Tennessee colleges and postsecondary programs won 57 medals as they demonstrated excellence in dozens of technical and leadership skills competitions at the 2024 SkillsUSA Championships, part of the annual SkillsUSA National Leadership & Skills Conference in Atlanta.

Hundreds of West Tennesseans joined Gov. Bill Lee, Sen. Bill Hagerty, members of the Tennessee Board of Regents, TBR Chancellor Flora W. Tydings, and other state and local officials Friday, June 14, in opening Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Stanton, the state’s newest technical college campus.

The Tennessee Board of Regents Thursday approved tuition and fees for the upcoming academic year, capital budget requests for Fiscal Year 2025-26, and a new associate degree program in nuclear technology at Roane State Community College.

The board also appointed Heath R. McMillian as the next president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton, to succeed President David Hicks, who is resigning June 28.

The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) has been recognized as a 2024 Top Workplace by the Tennessean – an honor that acknowledges companies ranked by their employees as the best places to work in the state of Tennessee. TBR earned a 5^th place ranking in the midsize category among 28 other businesses and organizations.

The Tennessee Board of Regents has awarded grants to three community colleges to foster innovation in corequisite learning support models to improve long-term student success. Corequisite learning support enables students to earn college credit while also receiving the additional support they need to be successful. 

Selected through a competitive request for proposals (RFP) process, the colleges and their projects are:

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold its next regular quarterly meeting Thursday, June 13, at Jackson State Community College. The agenda includes, but is not limited to, consideration of recommendations for tuition and fees for Academic Year 2024-25, capital budget requests for Fiscal Year 2025-26, appointment of the next president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton, and a new associate degree program in nuclear technology at Roane State Community College.

At its June 13 quarterly meeting, the Tennessee Board of Regents will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases totaling 4.88 percent at the state’s technical colleges and from 4.58 to 5.37 percent (an average of 5.2 percent) at the community colleges, under recommendations approved May 29 by the board’s Finance and Business Operations Committee.

The Tennessee Board of Regents committee chairs will meet Wednesday, May 29, 2024, to hear informational reports and a new program proposal and preview the agenda for the full board’s next quarterly meeting June 13. The board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee, Finance and Business Operations Committee, and Audit Committee will meet after the committee chairs, to consider items that will be sent to the full board’s June 13 meeting – including recommendations on tuition and fees for academic year 2024-25.

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) announced today one final extension of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) deadline for the Tennessee Promise scholarship program. 

The FAFSA deadline will be extended to Thursday, August 1 for students wanting to remain eligible for the TN Promise scholarship. This final extension allows students ample time to apply for essential financial aid for college and solidify their college choice for the fall. 

The Tennessee Board of Regents today appointed Dr. Wendi W. Tostenson as the next president of Volunteer State Community College, effective July 1.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special called meeting May 6 to consider the appointment of the next president of Volunteer State Community College and the search criteria for the next president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Elizabethton.

More than 250 leaders from business and industry and Tennessee’s public community and technical colleges gathered at Volunteer State Community College to strengthen communication and collaboration and enhance the development of career and technical education programs.

A Tennessee Board of Regents search advisory committee has selected three finalists for the next president of Volunteer State Community College. The finalists will participate in open forums with the campus community and the public April 24-26, the next step in the selection process.

The finalists are:

The Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology at Harriman, Hartsville and Knoxville have earned VETS Campus certification by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, certifying the colleges’ commitment to programs and services to help veterans succeed as they pursue their education.

TBR - The College System of Tennessee launched a new interactive online data dashboard to help its community and technical colleges learn more about graduates’ post-college employment and earnings.

The Tennessee Board of Regents honored the outstanding students, faculty, staff, philanthropists, volunteers and partners of the year of its community and technical colleges in the Sixth Annual Statewide Outstanding Achievement Recognition (SOAR) celebration Thursday night, March 28, in Nashville.

The Tennessee Board of Regents approved new career and technical education programs at four technical college campuses, a name change for Tennessee College of Applied Technology Crossville, a revised fee schedule, and other items on its quarterly meeting agenda Wednesday.