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CMT Announces Multi-City Tennessee Tour in Partnership with TBR

Courtney Cole on the CMT Tour

(CMT) In an effort to increase the number of work-ready residents in the state, CMT has joined forces with TBR - The College System of Tennessee, for a free multi-city concert tour targeting rural areas of the state this spring to encourage Tennesseans to pursue higher education.  The tour will begin on April 3 and travel to four Community Colleges across the state. 

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Two finalists selected for presidency of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Pulaski

Susan Hatto & Mike Whitehead

A Search Advisory Committee has selected two finalists for the next president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Pulaski. The candidates will visit the campus March 1 and March 4 to meet with faculty, staff and students – the next step in the selection process.

The finalists are:

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Jackson State Community College & Murray State University provide transfer pathways for students

Dr. Larry Bailey, Dr. Allana Hamilton, Dr. Bob Jackson and Dr. Mark Arrant

Representatives from Jackson State Community College and Murray State University met at the City Hall in Paris, TN, February 18 to sign a Memorandum of Understanding establishing a partnership that will offer JSCC students a structured, guaranteed pathway for transferring to MSU.

The MOU provides a seamless transition from a JSCC associate degree program to an MSU bachelor's degree program.

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Roane State Community College earns "Leader College" status from Achieving the Dream for improving student outcomes

Roane State graduates

Roane State Community College is among six colleges across the U.S. earning a “Leader College” designation from Achieving the Dream, a national reform organization for student success, for achieving and sustaining significant improvements in student outcomes.

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Finance & Business Operations Committee to meet Feb. 5 to begin discussions of student fees for 2019-20 academic year

Tennessee Board of Regents

The Tennessee Board of Regents’ Committee on Finance and Business Operations will meet Tuesday, Feb. 5, to begin discussions of student fees at the state’s community colleges and colleges of applied technology for the 2019-20 academic year.

The committee will meet by telephone conference call at 9 a.m. CT Feb. 5 – the first of three meetings the committee has scheduled to discuss fees other than tuition. The other meetings are set for 1 p.m. Feb. 22 and 9 a.m. March 12.

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Nashville State Community College awards Associate degrees to 23 inmates in partnership with the Tennessee Higher Education Initiative

Nashville State President Shanna Jackson addresses graduates

Twenty-three inmates at Tennessee’s Turney Center Industrial Complex were awarded their Associates degrees by Nashville State Community College during a special graduation ceremony Jan.24 at the prison near Only, Tenn.

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Student government presidents discuss ways to support TN Reconnect and other students

Student government presidents gather for quarterly meeting

More than two dozen student leaders from Tennessee colleges and universities discussed ways to support new adult learners arriving under the Tennessee Reconnect program and students with various needs when they gathered for the quarterly meeting of the Student Government Presidents Council on Jan. 25.

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200 educators attend 2nd annual TBR Statewide High Impact Practice Conference for student success

2019 Statewide High Impact Practice Conference

Two hundred college faculty and staff from across Tennessee participated in the second annual TBR Statewide High Impact Practice Conference Thursday, conducted and led by the TBR Office of Student Success.

High Impact Practices are data-driven teaching, advising and experiential practices that help our students learn, advance and graduate. The integration of HIP activities into the curricular and co-curricular work of our colleges results in the graduation of more globally aware, solution-oriented and workforce-ready students.

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TCAT Pulaski Presidential Search Advisory Committee to meet Jan. 10

Tennessee College of Applied Technology Pulaski

The Search Advisory Committee assisting in the search for a new president of the Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Pulaski will hold its orientation meeting and public forum Jan. 10 at the college’s main campus in Pulaski.

The meeting is scheduled for 1 p.m. CT in the college’s main administration and classroom building at 1233 East College Street, Pulaski. The meeting will open with a forum in which members of the public and the college community can express their views about the search and the characteristics the next president should have.

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Ten emerging higher education leaders comprise Maxine Smith Fellows Class of 2019

Maxine Smith Fellows Class of 2019

Ten college and university faculty and staff members from across Tennessee have begun their year of leadership study and training as the Tennessee Board of Regents Maxine Smith Fellows Class of 2019.

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