Press Releases

The Tennessee Board of Regents today approved a recommendation to increase tuition and fees at its institutions this year. Because of an unexpected decline in state revenue collections, the outcomes-based funding formula used to allocate state appropriations was not fully funded this year. As a result, fee increase recommendations were higher than planned.

The Tennessee Board of Regents Committee on Finance and Business Operations today recommended an increase in tuition and fees at all but one of its institutions this year.

Committee meetings will begin at 1 p.m. CDT June 19 in the Performing Arts Center in the Cox Theater. Committees will meet in this order: Committee on Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology; Business, Community and Public Affairs; Personnel and Compensation; Academic Policies and Programs and Student Life; and Finance and Business Operations.

TBR Chancellor John Morgan was among more than 200 college and university leaders from 33 states — including nearly two dozen postsecondary systems with a combined enrollment of more than three million students — today announced the launch of a new coalition that will serve as a vehicle for mobilizing higher ed leaders supporting Common Core State Standards. 

 State University of New York Chancellor Nancy L. Zimpher, University System of Maryland Chancellor William E. Kirwan, and Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan today published an op-ed in the Huffington Post in support of the Common Core Education Standards. 

​The Tennessee Board of Regents today approved Alisa White as the next president for Austin Peay State University

TBR Chancellor Recommends Alisa White as APSU's Next President; Board to Meet Monday for Approval  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 27, 2014) – Alisa White is expected to be named the next president to lead Austin Peay State University pending approval by the Tennessee Board of Regents on Monday, June 2.  The Board will meet via telephone at 3:30 p.m. CDT to consider TBR Chancellor John Morgan’s recommendation for White to replace Interim President Tristan Denley, who agreed to serve a temporary appointment after former APSU President

TBR Schedules Three Committee Meetings for June 3  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 27, 2014) — Tennessee Board of Regents Audit Committee, Ad Hoc Committee on Committees and Committee Chairs meetings are scheduled at the TBR office in Nashville on Tuesday, June 3. The Audit Committee meeting will begin at 10:30 a.m. CDT. The agenda includes:                           I.     Informational reporting                                           a. Review of Comptroller's Office audit reports                                           b. Update of corrective actions on performance audit findings

Tristan Denley Named Interim APSU President as National Search Nears End    NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 7, 2014) —Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan has named Tristan Denley, TBR vice chancellor of Academic Affairs and former provost and vice president for Academic Affairs at Austin Peay State University, to serve as interim president of APSU effective May 10. Denley, who will maintain dual responsibilities as TBR’s vice chancellor during the interim period, will provide leadership to the campus until a new president is named

TBR Finance and Business Operations Committee to Meet May 8  NASHVILLE, Tenn. (May 2, 2014) — The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will meet via telephone at 2 p.m. CDT on Thursday, May 8. The committee will continue reviewing background information and discussing maintenance fee and tuition proposals. The meeting is open to the public and the press as listeners. Those wishing dial-in information for the call should contact Monica Greppin-Watts at monica.greppin-watts@tbr.edu or 615-366-4417 before 4:30 p.m. CDT May 7. Anyone