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.
Two years after the FBI labeled him a spy, a Tennessee professor returns to the classroom
Civil rights advocates have criticized the so-called “China Initiative” for targeting professors based on their ethnicity. For one Tennessee professor, it’s been a long journey back to the classroom after his arrest.
In Hiring Blitz, UT Names New Football Coach — Also From Central Florida
Josh Heupel was hired by his former boss Danny White, who was announced as UT’s new athletic director last week. Heupel is a former quarterback at Oklahoma.
‘Guns-in-Trunks’ Headed for Final Passage Amid Questions
Confusion remains around the so-called guns-in-trunks legislation as it heads for a final vote. The bill allowing loaded guns to be stored in parked cars passed another House committee Wednesday.
UT Receives Lackluster Response to Candidate Survey
“Vote Orange” is a new election slogan coming from the University of Tennessee. But according to a recent candidate survey, it’s hard to tell whose interests align with UT’s top officials. Only a third of General Assembly candidates bothered to answer the survey.
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