Board of Regents Committee Chairs, Personnel & Compensation Committee, Audit Committee to meet Nov. 12

TBR Committee Chairs, Personnel & Compensation Committee, Audit Committee to meet Nov. 12, 2025

The Tennessee Board of Regents committee chairs will meet Wednesday, Nov. 12, 2025, to receive informational updates in advance of the full board’s next quarterly meeting in December. The board’s Personnel and Compensation Committee and Audit Committee will hold business meetings immediately after the committee chairs meeting.

The committee chairs meeting will convene at 9 a.m. CT/10 a.m. ET, followed consecutively by the Personnel and Compensation Committee and the Audit Committee. The meetings will be held by teleconferencing and will be live-streamed on the TBR website at https://www.tbr.edu/board/november-2025-committee-chairs-personnel-compensation-and-audit-committee-meetings, except for a portion of the Audit Committee required by state law to be confidential. Agendas and materials for the meetings are posted at the meeting link above.

The committee chairs meeting is informational, with no votes or official action. The agenda includes preliminary reports on Foundation for the College System of Tennessee fundraising, the TBR Nuclear Workforce Summit held Oct. 28 in Oak Ridge, faculty externships, a proposed healthcare training initiative, a foster youth career training initiative, and Center for Correctional Education activities.

The Personnel and Compensation Committee agenda includes review and consideration of institutional compensation proposals that, if approved by the committee, will go before the full board in December for its consideration.

The Audit Committee agenda has both informational reports and action items detailed in the meeting link above, including informational reporting on highlights of audit findings and recommendations, audit reports and reviews, and systemwide internal audit updates; review of annual audits and expenses for the chancellor and presidents for fiscal year 2025, and salaries and budgets for internal auditors. Action items include review of revisions to fiscal year 2026 internal audit plans, internal audit charters, and salaries and staffing for the Office of System-wide Internal Audit, and consideration of a conflict of interest management plan.

The next quarterly meeting of the Board of Regents is scheduled for Dec. 9 at the TBR System Office. Agendas, details and materials for that meeting will be posted on the TBR website at https://www.tbr.edu/board/december-2025-quarterly-board-meeting when they are complete.

Upon request to the Board Secretary at board.secretary@tbr.edu, no later than three days prior to the meetings, we will make a space available at the TBR System Office for public viewing of the livestream of Nov. 12 meetings.

Persons who want to request to address the Board may follow the process authorized by TBR Policy 1.02.12.00 – Requests to Address the Board

Resources: 

The meetings will be live-streamed and archived on the TBR website here:  https://www.tbr.edu/board/november-2025-committee-chairs-personnel-compensation-and-audit-committee-meetings. Agendas and board materials are also posted there.

The College System of Tennessee is the state’s largest public higher education system, with 13 community colleges, 23 colleges of applied technology, and the online TN eCampus serving approximately 140,000 students. The system is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents.