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The THEC announced that nearly 55,000 seniors completed a FAFSA for the 2025-2026 academic year, ranking first in the nation and the highest level of FAFSA enga...
The Tennessee Higher Education Committee (THEC) announced that it is donating almost $900,000 to four higher education institutions.
The report suggests that postsecondary students who receive persistent coaching and grants are more likely to return to campus for a second year.
A new report argues the state isn’t doing enough to ensure students have high-paying jobs when they graduate.
President Tucker told lawmakers the future is looking up.
New legislation would make it easier for college students to vote.
December saw the first dip in sports betting volume since legalization in Tennessee.
The current lottery scholarship fund covers 13 programs, including the HOPE scholarship.
Lee said demand warrants the investment in what’s expected to be a tighter budget year to expand the number of scholarships to 40,000.
The recommendation is the latest milestone for TSU’s financial recovery, following the General Assembly’s decision to oust the university’s prior Board of Trust...
This "earnings indicator" will be included in the Federal Student Aid process that students undertake each year.
The university president said TSU has exceeded its deficit goals in fiscal year 2025 by $13.2 million and is expected to exceed them again in fiscal year 2026.
The total continues last year’s record application period, which also saw more than 67,000 seniors apply for the program that provides students with last-dollar...
The report found that Navigate Reconnect participants are 11 percentage points more likely to remain enrolled in college than similar students who aren’t partic...
The university says the program builds upon what was formerly the data science and artificial intelligence concentration within the computer science major and f...
Through Lumina Foundation’s State Attainment Collaborative, state leaders will work alongside education, business, civic, nonprofit, and policy leaders from 12 ...
TSU President Dwayne Tucker told Governor Bill Lee on Thursday that his university’s finances are improving, but it still needs help with deferred maintenance.
In an interview with the Tennessee Firefly, Sexton said he’ll propose creating an associate’s degree program for future kindergarten through sixth grade teacher...
The University of Tennessee System has reached historic highs in 2025, reporting record enrollment, retention, and research funding across its campuses.
Through a partnership with the Northern Middle Tennessee Workforce Board and the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, students are now able ...
Representative Scott Cepicky tells the Tennessee Firefly he plans to introduce legislation next year to regulate local benchmarks and improve career pathways fo...
As the federal government shutdown threatens to pause Military Tuition Assistance payments, Austin Peay State University has pledged to cover tuition for active...
Tennessee SCORE is urging the state to update its higher education funding formula to better reward colleges for helping students earn degrees that lead to stro...
The partnership will produce TBR (frequently referred to as the Tennessee Board of Regents) branding at all TSSAA High School and Middle School State Championsh...
Hours after the shooting, comments on X from a now-former employee at Middle Tennessee State University led to condemnation from lawmakers and university leader...
Tennessee’s college-going rate for the Class of 2024 has dropped to 56 percent, with the steepest declines among minority and low-income students.
U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon visited Tennessee on Wednesday as part of her nationwide “Returning Education to the States” tour,.
Tennessee teachers who complete non-traditional pathways to licensure are significantly less likely than traditional degree program graduates to remain in the p...
Aspiring Tennessee teachers now have a clearer and more affordable pathway into the classroom. THEC voted this week to revise the TN Future Teacher Scholarship ...
Tennessee’s Class of 2026 high school seniors can now take their first step toward tuition-free college through the Tennessee Promise program through Nov. 3.
Supporters say Tennessee is leading the nation with TN Direct Admissions, a new pilot program that automatically accepts eligible high school seniors into in-st...
Tennessee has been selected to join Lumina Foundation’s FutureReady States initiative, a national effort to align short-term credentials with quality jobs and e...
The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees is responsible for the governance and strategic oversight of the University of Tennessee System, including campuse...
The Tennessee General Assembly approved $165.5 million in next year’s budget for the new building, which is the largest investment ever funded for a single high...
According to the Comptroller’s audit, Tucker is inheriting a university that ended the 2022/23 fiscal year in June 2023 with an operating revenue loss of more t...
Under the proposed budget, tuition will hold steady at $11,560 per semester for in-state students and $30,704 for out-of-state students for the 2025-26 school y...
Nondegree credentials focus on specific competencies and include diplomas, certificates, and industry credentials other than a traditional postsecondary degree.
Bulso’s bill would require restrooms, changing areas, and showers that are multi-occupant to be segregated by sex in residential education programs involving mi...
The bill, sponsored by Representative Kirk Haston, R-Lobelville, establishes a community schools grant program to benefit public schools, administered by the Un...
The plan would reduce TSU's budget deficit by $32-37 million over the next two fiscal years through staff cuts, scholarship caps, hiring freezes and other cuts.
Leaders in business and education came together to discuss new pathways for Tennessee students to find success in their journey from the classroom to the workfo...
The Tennessee State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) announced the launch of a new grant program called the Future Forward Innovation Grant that’s d...
Explosive program growth and a drop in lottery revenues prompted Tennessee Higher Education Commission officials to warn state lawmakers of a projected shortfal...
Fresh off the passage of his plan to let parents use tax dollars to send children to private school during last month’s special session, Lee used the annual add...
The University of Memphis has launched a new year-long initiative to connect research leaders at the university who have seen success in their individual labs t...
Joshua Tyler, a computational engineering doctoral candidate and electrical engineering research associate at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (UTC), ...
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Department of Mathematics Assistant Professor Dr. Xiunan Wang has gained international recognition for her work in mathem...
The Tennessee House of Representatives passed a jointed resolution Thursday to signal lawmakers’ support for Riley Gaines, a former swimmer known for campaignin...
A new report from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) says students in Tennessee’s primary college coaching and advising program are more likely th...
Two University of Memphis researchers recently received a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Professional Development program to address...
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s former Chancellor Dr. Steve Angle transitioned from his leadership role to join the faculty on Jan. 1. Officials said h...
Researchers at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville will use a $17.8 million grant from the U.S. Air Force to create a wind tunnel to recreate hypersonic co...
Tennessee State University officials told state leaders Monday that the university is currently looking for new ways to save money, amid concerns about financia...
The Tennessee State University Board of Trustees has selected LEAD Public Schools CEO Dwayne Tucker to lead the university, following Interim President Ronald J...
A new poll from Vanderbilt University notes that parents are growing increasingly concerned about not having enough money to support their children’s education,...
Tennessee State University (TSU) Interim President Ronald Johnson abruptly announced his resignation on Wednesday, amid concerns that the university is running ...
Vanderbilt University will use $10 million to “advance Vanderbilt Law School’s leadership in the study of how law, regulation and policy impact equality, equity...
New data from the National Council on Teacher Quality says there are nearly four percentage points fewer teachers from historically disadvantaged groups than ex...
Vanderbilt University’s Dare to Grow campaign to expand student programming has surpassed its $3.2 billion fundraising goal 20 months ahead of its tar...
Tanaka Vercher filed the suit in Davidson County Chancery Court on Monday claiming TSU leaders fired her the day after she refused to provide incorrect informat...
The Federal Trade Commission has charged a company that produces AI-based weapons detection systems used by schools and other businesses with making misleading ...
The U.S. Department of Education released the 2025–26 Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) earlier than expected last week, following recent efforts...
Tennessee State University (TSU) officials outlined new strategies at Thursday’s Board of Trustees meeting to prevent a $46 million deficit, as the university w...
The University of Tennessee system will proceed with an external search to fill anticipated vacancies in the chancellor positions at UT Chattanooga and UT South...
State leaders criticized Tennessee State University for financial and operational mismanagement during a Thursday State Building Commission Meeting, amid recent...
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission is requesting new funding in the state’s higher-ed budget to capitalize on the progress made through other state inves...
Despite witnessing a decline in first-time freshmen enrollment, overall enrollment has increased across Tennessee’s public colleges and universities, according ...
A record-breaking number of students applied for the Tennessee Promise program, with over 67,000 applicants from the Class of 2025, an announcement from the Ten...
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Fibers and Composites Manufacturing Facility and Institute for Advanced Composites Manufacturing Innovation now have a ...
The Tennessee Board of Regents has recently celebrated several groundbreakings for new career and technical education facilities at Tennessee Colleges of Applie...
Amy Kyriakidis, assistant director for suicide education and prevention at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga’s Center for Wellbeing, recently received ...
The Tennessee Department of Education is encouraging high school seniors to take advantage of the state’s free ACT retake opportunities this fall.Tennessee was ...
A Vanderbilt University-led research team will use $12 million in federal funding from the Advanced Research Projects Agency for Health (ARPA-H) to develop a su...
University of Tennessee (UT) System President Randy Boyd recently visited several high schools across the state to highlight the system’s academic programm...
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville achieved “high rankings across multiple disciplines” in the latest U.S. News and World Report Best Colleges report, a r...
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga will use a $3.5 million gift and research grant from the Journey Health Foundation to establish a Research Center for...
The University of Tennessee at Knoxville has appointed mathematics professor Dr. Vasileios Maroulas to serve as associate vice chancellor and director of the&nb...
Tennessee Tech University will soon host its inaugural “World Nuclear Forum – Excellence Through Collaboration Nation by Nation” event.
The university has had another historic year for enrollment, retention and graduation rates, according to recent data.
BlueCross BlueShield of Tennessee teamed up with East Tennessee State University in 2021 to create an accelerated learning program for students to earn a bachel...
University of Tennessee ecology and evolutionary biology professor Nina Fefferman was recently awarded $18 million from the U.S. National Science Foundation to ...
The University of Memphis is building a $9.2 million facility to test drones in adverse weather conditions, sponsored by the U.S. Navy. Led by professor Eddie J...
Belmont University announced a $575,655 grant award from the John Templeton Foundation to research how religious engagement could help to reduce political polar...
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga is working to support first year students settling into campus this school year to help ease the transition from high...
Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College is expanding global research efforts with the launch of the Peabody Global Initiatives program, aimed at fostering inter...
University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd told business and community leaders in Nashville that five myths are hindering the ability for institutions of high...
Commissioners said Roane’s new Associate of Applied Science in Nuclear Technology program will help build students' technical knowledge and engineering skills f...
A recent statewide survey from the University of Tennessee’s Institute of American Civics suggests there's a critical need to improve civics education in Tennes...
A delegation from FIFA (International Federation of Association Football) recently visited the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, as part of the FIFA Pitch Res...
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission has spent the last 10 days partnering with dozens of community partners across Tennessee to assist students from the C...
The Tennessee Education Lottery has set yet another new fiscal year record for funds generated for education, transferring a total of $519,322,000 to initiative...
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville's Haslam College of Business has once again received national recognition for its programming relating to supply chain man...
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) is partnering with several education and community organizations across the state to launch its “FAFSA Frenzy” ...
Two early intervention resource agencies for young children with developmental delays and disabilities at University of Memphis received three new grants from t...
Senate district 4 challenger Bobby Harshbarger prominently lists supporting “anti-woke education” as one of his campaign priorities yet the fifth largest campai...
The Princeton Review has named University of Tennessee in Knoxville as “one of the nation’s best-value colleges for students seeking a great education at a rela...
New data from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission shows a significant increase in the state's college-going rate for the class of 2023, with a 2.4 percent...
The University of Memphis is investing $1 million in academic and research programming relating to artificial intelligence to better prepare tomorrow’s AI workf...
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga has been designated a 2024-2025 College of Distinction and a Tennessee College of Distinction, a recent announcement ...
Tennessee school districts are finalizing their AI policies ahead of the 2024-25 school year as they navigate new legislation requiring guidelines on AI use in ...
A recent report from the State Collaborative on Reforming Education (SCORE) found that school districts across Tennessee began the school year with 1,000 teachi...
A recent report by the Tennessee Charter Center found roughly 95 percent of the state's 44,000 public charter school students are students of color and supporte...
The University of Tennessee in Knoxville will soon welcome its newest class of Distinguished Tennessean Scholars this fall.
Vanderbilt University and Oak Ridge National Laboratory have announced a new partnership focusing on artificial intelligence research to develop technologies fo...
Nashville State Community College broke ground this week on a Clarksville campus expansion that’s designed to serve students with new academic programs in healt...
Tennessee students have until May 15 to complete their FAFSA applications and secure financial aid for the 2024-2025 school year, with public universities offer...
A growing New York nonprofit is using a newly released report to cement data around the axiom that social capital — or who you know — is key for first-generatio...
Daniela Castro Pu says the University of Tennessee Knoxville (UTK) felt like home almost immediately.Castro Pu is now weeks away from finishing her sophomore ye...
Metro Nashville Public Schools (MNPS) announced a partnership with Vanderbilt Peabody College to create a new education program at John Early Middle School. Th...
The turbulent rollout of a new federal financial aid application could mean thousands of low-income students miss out on college this fall.But one person feels ...
Students, faculty, and alumni gathered Tuesday night to celebrate a new chapter in Middle Tennessee State University’s (MTSU) work in political and global studi...
A Tennessee State University (TSU) student who lost his post on the university’s Board of Trustees last week says that controversial decision is a sign for supp...
All ten members of the Tennessee State University (TSU) Board of Trustees may not continue serving the university in that capacity much longer.House Republicans...
The House Government Operations Committee advanced what supporters are calling a compromise in the proposal to vacate Tennessee State University’s (TSU) Board o...
Legislation that would vacate the Tennessee State University Board of Trustees and allow Governor Bill Lee to appoint eight new members advanced from the Senate...
Viktor Nemykin heads up a chemistry department that’s ranked second in the world for its polymer program and boasts the third largest number of undergraduate cr...
The House Higher Education Subcommittee killed another attempt to change discrimination protection policies at Tennessee universities and higher education insti...
University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd told members of the Senate Education Committee that there are three myths tied to higher education.Those myths are ...
Members of the House Higher Education Subcommittee unanimously shot down a bill Monday that would establish prohibitions for public universities and other publi...
Jose Martinez, a senior at Senn High School in Chicago, wants to teach someday — maybe English. He’s applied to several top colleges in Illinois, but for now, h...
Representative Ed Butler, R-Rickman, says it was something personal that led him to file House Bill 1803.Butler says his daughter decided to attend higher educa...
Federal Pell Grants, awarded to students demonstrating exceptional financial need, have not kept pace with the rising costs of higher education in Tennessee acc...
Nashville State Community College (NCC), the Tennessee College of Applied Technologies (TCAT) Dickson, TriStar Horizon Medical Center, and The Jackson Foundati...
The Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) announced the dates for this year’s free fall ACT Senior Retake opportunities.Traditionally, Tennessee high-school ...
Fisk University’s Board of Trustees announced Girl Scout Leader Dr. Agenia Walker Clark as the university’s new president.Clark will be the 18th president and t...
Tennessee State University (TSU) President Glenda Glover announced her retirement from the position after a decade of service Monday.“Serving as president of TS...
A new report by the Tennessee Comptroller found Tennessee students are showing a strong interest in Health Science careers.The Health Science cluster is the mos...
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) announced Thursday that the state is seeing the largest increase in students going straight from high school to...
Lee stated he will propose an additional investment of $350 million into TISA which would include $125 million for teacher pay raises.
Lee stated he will propose an additional investment of $350 million into TISA which would include $125 million for teacher pay raises.
Legislation to make the HOPE Scholarship accessible to graduate students received support from two key education leaders in the State House on Monday.
The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee is offering students more than 150 scholarship opportunities to apply for, but the application is only available fo...
Tennessee students are receiving additional help this year with the extra expenses that come with attending college.tnAchieves says it has distributed more than...
As a loan forgiveness plan is pushed by President Joe Biden, a new report is showing the value and return on investment for the many degrees students can obtain...
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