A new higher education center in Cookeville will soon make it easier for students to earn job training and college degrees in the Upper Cumberland.
Leaders of all 13 of Tennessee’s community colleges held a press conference at the state capitol today to emphasize their support for continuing Tennessee’s commitment to higher K-12 academic standards that prepare students for college study.
The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special meeting via telephone at 2:30 p.m. CST on Friday, Feb. 13, to approve a number of agenda items.
The Search Advisory Committee members for a new president of Chattanooga State Community College have been selected and will meet for the first time on Tuesday, Feb. 10, following a public forum about the search.
A public forum to discuss the criteria and search process for the next president of Chattanooga State Community College is scheduled for Tuesday, Feb. 10, beginning at 1 p.m. EST in Room 124 of the campus Omniplex. The Search Advisory Committee will then hold its first meeting at 3 p.m.
The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 1 p.m. CST on Wednesday, Jan. 28.
The Search Advisory Committee members for a new president of Southwest Tennessee Community College have been selected and will meet for the first time on Monday, Jan. 26, following a public forum on Southwest’s Macon Cove campus about the search process.
Dr. Fannie Hewlett, former provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Chattanooga State Community College, will return to the campus to serve as Interim President beginning Feb. 2.
President Barak Obama and Vice President Joe Biden spoke at Pellissippi State Community College in Knoxville, Tenn., to announce the president’s proposed America’s College Promise program.
Members of the Tennessee Board of Regents discussed improved efficiencies within the Tennessee’s Community College System, approved a plan to offer reverse transfer degrees, and endorsed the system-wide 2015-2025 strategic plan, among other actions at its quarterly meeting in Nashville Dec. 11.
