Recent News

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
Four finalists selected for Jackson State Community College's next president. Campus visits set for March 16-19 02/28/2020
Chattanooga State & Southwest Tennessee community colleges earn national Leader College status 02/21/2020
National Signing Day for high school students pursuing career & technical educations 02/20/2020
TBR Audit Committee to meet Feb. 11 02/05/2020
TBR Finance Committee sets meetings on student fees for Feb. 7, Feb. 20 & March 10 02/03/2020
Congratulations to our December graduates! 12/20/2019
Board of Regents approves 12 new training programs at Colleges of Applied Technology in its quarterly meeting 12/12/2019
Board of Regents quarterly meeting is Dec. 12. Agenda includes 12 new student training programs at TCATs 12/06/2019
TBR Strategic Plan Steering Committee convenes Dec. 11 to launch plan review 12/06/2019
Two Board of Regents committees and committee chairs to meet Nov. 19 11/13/2019
Dr. Robert Denn appointed Veterans Coordinator, underscoring importance of programs & services for veterans 11/11/2019
Jackson State Community College presidential search committee's first meeting & public forum are Nov. 15 11/08/2019
Gov. Lee tours TCATs Hartsville & Livingston to review career & technical education 10/31/2019
Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for Jackson State Community College's next president 10/29/2019
German & American delegation visits TCAT Knoxville & Pellissippi State 10/11/2019
Tennessee Board of Regents establishes new foundation to support state’s public community and technical colleges 09/30/2019
Gov. Lee, other state & local officials break ground for McMinn Higher Education Center 09/27/2019
Degrees and technical certificates awarded at TN's community colleges increase 79% over 10 years 09/20/2019
TN Board of Regents appoints Dr. Allana Hamilton vice chancellor for academic affairs 09/20/2019
TN Math Alignment Group begins work to identify learning gaps for students between high school & college mathematics 09/18/2019

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