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Two of Tennessee’s Community Colleges were chosen by the U.S. Department of Education to participate in a new federal program allowing low-income high school students to apply for Federal Pell grants to pay for dual enrollment courses.

Northeast State and Southwest Tennessee State community colleges join 42 other schools across the country chosen for the experimental program, which begins this summer and is expected to help about 10,000 students nationwide. This is the first time Pell grants will be used for students still in high school.

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 1 p.m. CDT on Wednesday, May 11.

With news today that Governor Haslam will allow the faculty/staff campus carry bill to become law without his signature, Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor David Gregory provided the following statement:

Roane State Community College students studying geology will have the opportunity to work with faculty mentors at the University of Tennessee and participate in geoscience field workshops thanks to a National Science Foundation grant.

Three finalists have been named to the short list of candidates in line to become the next president of Walters State Community College in Morristown. Each will participate in campus forums and community receptions next week.

The MTSU Experimental Vehicles Program’s lunar rover team members used a new airless tire design and parts assembly to land a top-10 finish at this year’s NASA Human Exploration Rover Challenge.

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 1 p.m. CDT on Tuesday, April 12.

National reports released today highlight TBR's work to transform developmental and remedial programs. The result is dramatic and impressive.

Volunteerism was in the spotlight at Volunteer State Community College Tuesday as mayors from across Sumner County gathered to salute community service.

A program to help students who need remedial support for college math and writing courses implemented across all Tennessee Board of Regents community colleges and universities last fall has proven so successful it has become a national model.

That was just one of the student success stories members of the Tennessee Board of Regents heard at their quarterly meeting today at Columbia State’s new Williamson Campus.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will meet in regular quarterly session on Wednesday, March 30, at Columbia State Community College’s new Williamson campus, scheduled to open at the end of May.

The Tennessee Board of Regents Audit Committee, Personnel Committee, Finance and Business Operations Committee and Committee Chairs are scheduled to meet at the TBR office in Nashville on Tuesday, March 15.

A task force appointed to research safety and security on public universities and colleges kicks off this week at the Tennessee Board of Regents.

Planning a path through college just got easier with the first statewide virtual college fair for Tennessee students on March 16 from 2 to 7 p.m. Eastern Standard Time.

After 85 years in print, The All State, Austin Peay State University’s student-produced newspaper, can declare itself as the finest college paper in the Southeastern U.S.

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 2 p.m. CST on Thursday, Feb. 25.

The presidential search advisory committee for a new president of Walters State Community College has been selected and will meet for the first time Wednesday, Feb. 24, after a public forum to gather campus and community input.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a special called telephonic meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, at 9 a.m. CST for an overview and update on Governor Haslam’s Focus on College and University Success (FOCUS) Act.

A new approach to remediation is dramatically increasing the number of students successfully completing their first college-level English and math courses at colleges and universities in the Tennessee Board of Regents system.

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 1 p.m. CST on Thursday, Feb. 4.