Jane Roberts, The Commercial Appeal Southwest Tennessee Community College will have computer labs open on each campus from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sept. 20 for Scholarship Saturday, a statewide event to […]
Pellissippi offers sessions on Tennessee Promise
Knox News Sentinel Pellissippi State Community College is offering more than a dozen information sessions to high school seniors interested in pursuing a degree through Tennessee Promise, the state’s new […]
Jackson Promise: Goal is 100% of seniors college bound
Nick McFerron, The Jackson Sun Working with Gov. Bill Haslam’s Drive to 55 initiative and the Tennessee Promise, the Jackson-Madison County School System is working with Jackson State Community College […]
Tennessee Promise: How prepared are local colleges?
Kylie McGivern, WJHL ELIZABETHTON, TN (WJHL) –Big, bold, and groundbreaking. Tennessee Promise is the first of it’s kind. Now, details on where schools stand a year out from it’s implementation. […]
Volunteer mentors needed for TnAchieves program
BY LURAH LOWERY | BRISTOL HERALD COURIER, tricities.com TnAchieves, an organization that has partnered with Tennessee Promise and will administer nonfinancial components of college attendance through two and a half years […]
Mentors needed for program that helps provide college success, tuition
Ashley Hopkins, nooga.com A partnering organization that is working with Tennessee Promise to provide a tuition-free opportunity for every Tennessee high school graduate to go to community or technical college is seeking mentors […]
High school seniors eligible for Tennessee Promise
Bonnie Fussell, The Portland Leader Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam initiated a program that will provide all Tennessee high school graduates with the opportunity to attend a community college or Tennessee […]
Tennessee Governor’s Plan To Make Community College Free
ANNIE WOOD, Generation Progress At a time when success and progress in higher education funding mean tuition freezes and preventing budget cuts, talk of free college tuition is usually taken […]
Mentors needed for Tennessee Promise
DailyNewsJournal Gov. Bill Haslam who proposed Tennessee Promise as a component of his “Drive to 55” campaign has been working to build a workforce for the state that will be […]
Aggressive Pragmatism
Paul Fain, Inside Higher Ed NASHVILLE — Bill Haslam wasn’t sold on the idea of two years of tuition-free community college when he first heard it. That was back in 2008, […]
