Board of Regents special called meeting March 27: Agenda includes tuition & fees for Academic Year 2025-26, search criteria for next president of Walters State Community College

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special called meeting Thursday, March 27, 2025, to consider tuition and fees for Academic Year 2025-26, search criteria for the next president of Walters State Community College, a new associate degree program at Roane State Community College, and the chancellor’s performance evaluation process.

The meeting will be held by teleconferencing, starting at 9 a.m. CT/10 am ET March 27, and will be livestreamed and archived on the TBR website at https://www.tbr.edu/board/march-27-2025-special-called-board-meeting. Board materials will be posted at the same link. Anyone needing direct access to the Microsoft Teams teleconference, other than the livestream above, should contact Kate Walker at kate.walker@tbr.edu or 615-366-4496 by 3 p.m. March 26.The board governs the state's public community and technical colleges.

The board will:

• Review and consider tuition and fees for Academic Year 2025-26.
• Review and consider the search criteria for the next president of Walters State Community College, to succeed President Tony Miksa who has announced his plans to step down June 30 after nine years of service. A search advisory committee will be appointed later to assist in the search.
• Consider a new Speech Language Pathology Assistant program at Roane State Community College, leading to an Associate of Applied Science degree.
• Review the process for performance evaluation of the chancellor, the system’s chief executive officer who reports to the board.

Persons who want to request to address the board regarding the meeting’s agenda items should follow the process authorized by the Requests to Address the Board Policy here.