Tennessee Governor Bill Lee announces Reconnect to Workforce Partnership
November 14, 2020
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has announced Reconnect to Workforce, a partnership between the Tennessee Higher Education Commission’s Tennessee Reconnect program and the Department of Labor and Workforce Development that will assist up to 500,000 Tennesseans claiming unemployment benefits to earn a college degree while fulfilling work search requirements.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
Tennessee’s Community, Technical Colleges assist in project to help protect Health Professionals
March 23, 2020
Nashville, TN – Tennessee’s community and technical colleges are playing a major role in a crash project by the state’s public higher education system to manufacture face shields to help protect Tennessee health professionals during the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic.
Using 3D printers, Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology at Elizabethton, Jackson, Morristown, Murfreesboro and Shelbyville, and Jackson State and Pellissippi State community colleges manufactured 858 headbands from Saturday through Monday afternoon that will be used for plastic face shields.
Effort produces over 1500 pieces of protective equipment in three days.
Tennessee Governor Lee to Recognize Five Outstanding Veteran State Employees at Annual Veterans Day Event
November 6, 2019
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Lee, Tennessee Department of Veterans Services Commissioner Courtney Rogers and Tennessee Adjutant General Major General Jeff Holmes will recognize five veteran state employees and more than 450,000 Tennessee veterans of all ages and eras at the annual Veterans Day event on Friday, November 8th at 11:00am CST on Tennessee Tower Plaza in Nashville.
Tennessee Governor Bill Lee
Tennessee Higher Education Increases Enrollment for the Fourth Consecutive Year
October 11, 2019
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) Thursday released the latest student enrollment data for the fall 2019 semester, indicating an increase of 1,541 students, which is a 0.7% increase compared with 2018.
This is our fourth year of continued enrollment growth in Tennessee.
THEC reports No Student Data Exposed in Tennessee Vendor’s Suspected Data Breach
September 4, 2019
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) has announced that no student information was compromised when unauthorized server access occurred on a state vendor’s system last month.
Tennessee Higher Education Commission reports No Student Information was Exposed during unauthorized server access.
Tennessee Higher Education Enrollment Increases for the Third Consecutive Year
October 12, 2018
Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC)
Nashville, TN – The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) released college enrollment data for the fall 2018 semester, indicating that 221,775 students across the state enrolled in community colleges and public universities for the 2018-2019 academic year.
This marks the third consecutive year that postsecondary enrollment has grown across the state, and an increase of 1,656 additional students compared to fall 2017.
Tennessee Higher Education Commission releases data showing significant increase in adult students.
Governor Haslam and Commissioner McQueen Launch Tennessee Pathways
July 12, 2018
Tennessee Department of Education
New Drive to 55 Initiative will equip more high school students to transition into high-skilled jobs and postsecondary opportunities in Tennessee after graduation
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Commissioner of Education Candice McQueen today have unveiled Tennessee Pathways as a part of the Drive to 55, the governor’s initiative to increase the percentage of Tennesseans with postsecondary credentials to 55 percent by the year 2025.
Tennessee Pathways lays the foundation for the Drive to 55 by focusing on students in elementary, middle, and high school to further align K-12 education to opportunities after high school graduation – including industry needs and postsecondary expectations – so students gain the knowledge and experience to move seamlessly into college and the workforce.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
Tennessee Receives $24.5 Million to Boost College Access Statewide
October 3, 2017
Nashville, TN – The U.S. Department of Education has awarded the Tennessee Higher Education Commission a $24.5 million grant to increase the number of low-income students in Tennessee who are accessing and succeeding in higher education.
The Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate Programs (GEAR UP) grant will provide Tennessee $3.5 million in resources annually over seven years.
Tennessee Higher Education Commission recieves $24.5 million grant to increase the number of low-income students in Tennessee who are accessing and succeeding in higher education.
Tennessee Higher Education Commission Reports Show More Students than Ever Going to College
April 18, 2017
Nashville, TN – A record number of students are going to college directly after high school and they are showing up more prepared once they get there according to two recent reports from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC).
The annual Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book and the interactive 2017 Profiles and Trends in Higher Education report published by THEC highlight data and trends in relation to the Drive to 55.
The annual Tennessee Higher Education Fact Book shows progress toward the Drive to 55
Haslam Proclaims January 12 TN FAFSA Frenzy Day
January 10, 2017
Encourages Students to Submit FAFSA by January 17th to Meet Tennessee Promise Deadline
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam has proclaimed Thursday, January 12th, as the first “TN FAFSA Frenzy Day,” encouraging high school seniors and current college students to submit the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by January 17th to maintain eligibility for key scholarship programs including Tennessee Promise.
Tennessee Promise is the state’s groundbreaking scholarship and mentoring program that provides high school graduates two years of community or technical college free of tuition and fees.
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