Recent News

TCAT at Boones Creek's second building opens
06/12/2025

Gov. Bill Lee, other state and community leaders, and students celebrated the opening of the second phase of TCAT Elizabethton’s Boone’s Creek Extension Campus in Washington County on Tuesday, June 10 – a new building that has enabled expansion of the college’s career and technical education programs for the region.

TN Board of Regents quarterly meeting is June 12-13, 2025, at Northeast State Community College
06/06/2025

The Tennessee Board of Regents will hold its next regular quarterly meeting June 12-13, 2025, at Northeast State Community College near Blountville, TN. The agenda includes, but is not limited to, consideration of proposed new and revised policies, compensation plans, faculty promotion and tenure recommendations, and various reports and updates.

Tennessee Board of Regents to meet Oct. 31 to consider criteria for next president of TCAT Memphis
05/22/2025

The Tennessee Board of Regents committee chairs will meet Wednesday, May 28, 2025 to preview proposed revisions to TBR policies, receive informational updates, and preview the agenda for the full board’s next quarterly meeting in June. The board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee and Audit Committee will also meet following the committee chairs.

TBR colleges receive funding to expand access to health care career programs
05/22/2025

Fifteen Tennessee community and technical colleges across the state are receiving nearly $28.8 million to expand access to education and career pathways in high-demand health care fields through the state’s rural health initiative, the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced May 21.

Walters State Community College
04/17/2025

The Search Advisory Committee leading the Tennessee Board of Regents' search for the next president of Walters State Community College has been appointed, and a public forum on the search will be held April 22.

Board of Regents Member Miles Burdine is chair of the 16-member committee. Board Members Cayden Keltgen, Ross Roberts and Danni Varlan also are serving as committee members, along with representatives of the college’s faculty, staff, students and alumni, and business and civic leaders from the community. The full membership is listed below.

Maxine Smith Leadership Series
04/15/2025

The College System of Tennessee today announced the 10 members of the inaugural Chancellor’s Fellowship Class of 2025-26, representing faculty and staff from community and technical colleges across the state.

The Chancellor’s Fellowship is a new cornerstone initiative of the Maxine Smith Leadership Series, designed to cultivate leadership talent among senior administrators across the college system. 

Members of the Chancellor’s Fellowship Class of 2025-26 are:

News Title Post date
Tennessee Higher Ed Leaders Focus on College Completion Strategies with Governor Bill Haslam 03/02/2012
TBR Ad Hoc Committee on Capital Outlay and Capital Maintenance to Hold Telephonic Meeting March 8 03/02/2012
TBR Announces TSU Presidential Search Timeline 02/29/2012
TBR Finance and Business Committee to Meet March 1 02/23/2012
TBR Meets Feb. 23 to Consider New TTC-Murfreesboro Director 02/16/2012
Tennessee colleges using tech tools to help students choose courses, majors 02/16/2012
Interviews Scheduled for Vol State Presidential Candidates Feb. 28 – March 2 02/15/2012
TBR Finance and Business Committee to Meet Feb. 9 02/01/2012
TTU Presidential Search Advisory Committee Named; First Meeting, Open Forum Scheduled Feb. 17 01/31/2012
Governor's Budget Recommendations Include News for TBR Institutions 01/31/2012
Vol State Presidential Search Continues Feb. 1 01/25/2012
Tennessee higher education economics – cost goes down, price goes up 01/24/2012
Vol State Presidential Search Advisory Committee Meets Jan. 11 01/03/2012
TSU Accreditation Reaffirmed by SACS 12/06/2011
Vol State Presidential Search Advisory Committee Named 12/01/2011
Board to Meet in Regular Quarterly Session Dec. 8 in Nashville 12/01/2011
Chancellor Recommends Brian Noland as ETSU’s Next President 11/17/2011
Board Meets to Consider New ETSU President Nov. 21 11/15/2011
Public Notice of Accreditation Review Visit by NLNAC 11/09/2011
TBR Schedules Three Open Committee Meetings Nov. 15 11/08/2011

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