Tennessee Board of Regents

Driven by a growing number of apprenticeship programs, Tennessee’s public community and technical colleges delivered 1.628 million hours of direct workforce training in 2022-23, the Tennessee Board of Regents Center for Workforce Development announced today. TBR colleges trained 50,589 students and served 880 companies through their broad range of workforce programs.

The Tennessee Board of Regents committee chairs will meet Nov. 8, 2023, to receive informational reports and preview the agenda for the full board’s next quarterly meeting Dec. 12. The board’s Audit Committee will meet immediately afterward to review various audit matters.

The Board of Regents governs Tennessee's public community colleges and colleges of applied technology.

A search advisory committee has selected Laura Travis as the sole finalist for the next president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology Dickson. She will participate in a campus interview/public forum at TCAT Dickson Friday, Nov. 3, 2023.

Several presidents of TBR community and technical colleges attended Gov. Bill Lee’s 2023 Rural Opportunity Summit this week, an annual conference he hosts to address the needs of at-risk and distressed counties across the state. The summit brings together local and state leaders to brainstorm innovative solutions to these communities' unique challenges.

In a special called meeting today (Oct. 20, 2023) , the Tennessee Board of Regents appointed Jimmy L. Wright as the next president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Shelbyville. The board also approved criteria for the next presidents of Volunteer State Community College and TCAT Harriman.

The Search Advisory Committee that will lead the Tennessee Board of Regents' search for the next president of Cleveland State Community College has been appointed and will meet for its orientation session and a public forum on Oct. 26.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special called meeting Friday, Oct. 20, 2023, to consider approving the chancellor’s recommendation for the next president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology (TCAT) Shelbyville. The board will also consider proposed criteria for the next presidents of Volunteer State Community College and TCAT Harriman.

Enrollment in Tennessee’s community colleges rose one percent this fall over the fall semester of 2022, ending a three-year decline during the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the latest enrollment report presented at the Tennessee Board of Regents quarterly meeting Thursday and Friday.

A total of 72,289 students are enrolled in the 13 community colleges this fall, compared to 71,804 in Fall 2022. Enrollment reached 88,946 in Fall 2019 but began a three-year annual decline in Fall 2020.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold its regular quarterly meeting at Motlow State Community College’s Moore County Campus, with committee meetings on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023, and the full board on Friday, Sept. 22.

The Board of Regents governs Tennessee's public community colleges and colleges of applied technology.

The Center for First-generation Student Success, an initiative of NASPA and The Suder Foundation, recently welcomed all thirteen community colleges in the Tennessee Board of Regents system to its First Scholars Network.