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 Broadband Initiatives Featured in New Pew Broadband Report
February 27, 2020
Nashville, TN – Tennessee’s broadband initiatives are highlighted in a new report released today by the Pew Charitable Trusts.
The report, ‘How States are Expanding Broadband Access,’ features best practices from nine states that are developing leading broadband programs to address critical connectivity gaps in their communities.
Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development’s broadband accessibility grant program.
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.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announces Tennessee Ends 2017 With 28,000+ New Jobs
January 20, 2018
Tennessee’s Unemployment Rate Remains Well Below National Rate
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam and Department of Labor and Workforce Development Commissioner Burns Phillips today announced Tennessee ended 2017 with more than 28,000 new jobs across the state in the last year and an unemployment rate nearly 2 percentage points lower than 2016.
In 2017 a total of 28,700 nonfarm jobs were created across the state.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
Tennessee Board of Regents approves 2.6 percent increase in In-State Tuition Rates
June 25, 2017
Harriman, TN – The Tennessee Board of Regents has approved a 2.6 percent increase in in-state tuition rates at its community and technical colleges for 2017-18.
Except for one year when the Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology asked for a small increase in fees rather than tuition, it is the lowest increase for the community and technical colleges combined since 1991-92. It is the third consecutive year of tuition hikes of 4 percent or less – the TBR system’s lowest three-year increase in decades.
Students at Tennessee Board of Regents institutions face lowest tuition increase in nearly 25 years.
Governor Bill Haslam Encourages Tennessee Adults to “Reconnect And Complete” College Degrees
January 14, 2016
110,000 Tennesseans have already earned more than half the credit hours toward a degree
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam announced yesterday “Tennessee Reconnect + Complete,” a Drive to 55 initiative focused on encouraging Tennessee adults with some college credit to return to college and complete their degree.
According to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC), approximately 940,000 Tennessee adults have enrolled in a postsecondary institution in the state and achieved some college credit but left before obtaining a degree or credential.
Of those, nearly 110,000 Tennesseans have earned more than half the credit hours toward a degree during the past nine years, with 25,000 likely to have enough credits to graduate in only one additional semester.
Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam.
