The scholarships will total up to $9 million.
Black males aren’t graduating with their peers from Tennessee colleges. What are the solutions?
The six-year graduation rate for Black males at public colleges is at least 20 percentage points below the rates of their peers each year, according to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.
TCAT president says state’s workforce partnership with Ford is off to a good start
The Tennessee Board of Regents is inching closer to revising its training programs to better fit Ford Motor Company’s upcoming hiring needs.
Metro leaders seek to renovate Antioch’s neglected mall into a health care facility and hub for residents
The development would come with an upfront price tag of $44 million.
At neglected TSU campus, students want a greater say over incoming funds
They’re pushing for better faculty pay and funding to make the campus safe for students went disabilities.
TSU is set to receive $250 million under Gov. Lee’s funding proposal. Now lawmakers want a way to track how the money is spent.
Tennessee State University has more than $300 million dollars in deferred maintenance needs.
Gov. Lee proposes $250 million for infrastructure projects at TSU, following decades of underfunding
Last year, a report from the Tennessee Office of Legislative Budget Analysis showed that Tennessee State University could be owed nearly a half-billion dollars.
Biden’s latest student loan repayment pause grants temporary relief to Tennesseeans
Tennessee students say they’re breathing a sigh of relief, since President Biden announced student loan repayment will be paused until May 2022.
As Nashville’s Latino population grows, so do the efforts to boost representation on college campuses
In the past five years, Belmont University has grown its Latino population from under 400 to over 600 students. This fall, nearly 10% of Lipscomb’s undergraduate students identify as Latino.
Nashville education advocates want the state to pay its half-billion dollar tab to TSU, with no strings attached
The Education Trust in Tennessee says decisions on how to spend the money should be left up to TSU students, faculty, staff and alumni.
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