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New TCAT at Stanton opens as state's newest technical college campus
06/14/2024

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.

JSCC students greet Regents Ross Roberts, MaryLou Apple, Danni Varlan, Thomas White
06/13/2024

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.

TBR earned a 5th place award for Middle Tennessee's Top Workplace by the Tennessean
06/12/2024

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 5th place ranking in the midsize category among 28 other businesses and organizations.

Chattanooga State, Nashville State, Pellissippi State Community Colleges awarded innovation grants
06/10/2024

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:

Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis
06/07/2024

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.

Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis
05/29/2024

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.

News Title Post date
Seven College System leaders named to Complete Tennessee Leadership Institute Class of 2020-21 08/12/2020
Board of Regents to meet in special session Aug. 12 to consider new and revised policies 08/06/2020
No tuition or fee increase for students at Tennessee's community & technical colleges for Academic Year 2020-21: TN Board of Regents 06/18/2020
Dr. Carol Puryear appointed president of Tennessee College of Applied Technology Murfreesboro 06/18/2020
Tennessee Board of Regents to meet June 18-19. Agenda includes tuition, fees, budgets for Academic Year 2020-21 06/12/2020
Volunteer State Community College's Springfield campus receives approval to offer degree programs 06/05/2020
Board of Regents appoints George J. Pimentel president of Jackson State Community College & Brian A. Lapps Jr. general counsel of the College System of Tennessee 06/02/2020
College System supports TN Pledge for Higher Education for health, safety of students, faculty, staff & public 05/28/2020
Board of Regents meets June 2 to consider appointment of president of Jackson State Community College. Committee Chairs & Audit Committee will also meet. 05/27/2020
Cleveland State & Motlow State community colleges win 2 of the 3 annual awards issued by Community Colleges of Appalachia 05/22/2020
Jackson State Community College conducts virtual forums for its presidential finalists 05/11/2020
Two College System of TN students awarded prestigious Undergraduate Transfer Scholarships by Jack Kent Cooke Foundation 04/28/2020
Board of Regents Finance Committee to meet April 29 to begin review of tuition, fees for 2020-21 04/23/2020
Nine TN Colleges of Applied Technology win SkillsUSA Chapters of Excellence designation; Advisor of the Year named 04/16/2020
College System honors its Outstanding Students, Faculty & Staff Members, & Colleges in second annual SOAR Awards 04/07/2020
TN Board of Regents spring quarterly meeting is April 7 by conference call. Agenda includes SOAR Awards winners, new programs & policies 04/02/2020
TN community & technical colleges help protect health professionals 03/23/2020
Systemwide Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information 03/16/2020
Tennessee’s community colleges and colleges of applied technology given broad operational flexibility to prevent the spread of COVID-19 03/12/2020
Two TN Board of Regents committees and committee chairs to meet March 10 03/05/2020

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