Press Releases

The Tennessee Board of Regents voted to make it less expensive for students to graduate from the state’s 13 community colleges and elected Governor Bill Haslam chairman of the board at its quarterly meeting held at Northeast State Community College March 25.

While other incidental fees may be increasing at schools across the state, Tennessee’s community colleges have decided to eliminate their graduation fees. The move will encourage more students to cap their community college experience with an associate’s degree before transferring to a four-year university.

The presidential search advisory committee for a new president of Pellissippi State Community College will hold its next meeting on Wednesday, March 30, in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Pellissippi State campus. The meeting will begin at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time.

The committee will narrow its list of candidates to invite for campus interviews.

All meetings of the presidential search advisory committee are open to the press and the public as observers.

The Tennessee Board of Regents will meet in regular quarterly session at Northeast State Community College in Blountville on Friday, March 25. The Board meeting will begin at 10 a.m. EDT in the Wellmont Regional Center for the Performing Arts Auditorium.

The presidential search advisory committee for a new president of Pellissippi State Community College will hold its second meeting on Wednesday, March 16, in the Clayton Performing Arts Center on the Pellissippi State campus. The meeting will begin at 1:15 p.m. Eastern Time.

The committee will discuss narrowing its list of candidates for consideration.

All meetings of the presidential search advisory committee are open to the press and the public as observers.

Four open meetings will be held at the Tennessee Board of Regents central office on Tuesday, March 8, beginning at 12:45 p.m. CST. Committees will meet consecutively throughout the afternoon. The proposed schedule for the day will be:

The Finance and Business Operations Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will hold its next telephonic meeting at 2 p.m. CT on Monday, Feb. 14, 2011. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1) Call to order 2) Remarks by Chairperson/Chancellor 3) New Business

a. Review & discussion of mandatory & incidental fee requests

i. Overview of fee request ii. Review of selected fees iii. Committee discussion

4) Other business 5) Adjourn

The Tennessee Board of Regents has begun the search for a new president at Pellissippi State Community College. Criteria and search process details are available online .

PSCC’s current president, Dr. Allen Edwards, has announced his plans to retire effective June 30. Read more about Edwards and his legacy at PSCC .

The Finance and Business Committee of the Tennessee Board of Regents will hold a telephonic meeting at 2 p.m. CT on Monday, Jan. 31, 2010. The agenda for the meeting is as follows:

Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan announced today that Portia Holmes Shields, former president of Albany State University, will serve as interim president of Tennessee State University beginning Jan. 2.

TSU’s current president, Melvin Johnson, announced in July his plans to retire on Jan. 1.

Higher education leaders across the state, including Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor John Morgan, joined Governor Phil Bredesen, both gubernatorial hopefuls, and many business officials at a Complete College Tennessee Summit in Nashville on Tuesday, Oct. 26.