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  • Fall Quarterly Commission Meeting

    Commission Boardroom, 18th Floor Parkway Towers
    Thursday, November 19th at 1 p.m. CST
    Meeting Agenda

  • 2009-10 Improving Teacher Quality Grants RFP

    The Improving Teacher Quality State Grants represent the largest federal initiative for using professional development to improve teaching and learning. ...More

  • 2008-09 TN Higher Education Fact Book

    The Fact Book provides information on enrollment and transfers, persistence and attainment, and fiscal information about TN universities. ...More

  • 2009 THEC Legislative Reports

    The 2009 THEC Legislative Reports are available....More

 

Our Mission

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) was created in 1967 by the Tennessee General Assembly (TCA 49-7-202) for the purpose of coordinating and supporting the efforts of post-secondary institutions in the State of Tennessee. One of its statutory requirements is to create a master plan for the development of public higher education in Tennessee.

The mission for Tennessee's twenty-first century system of higher education is to elevate the overall educational attainment of citizens in the State through increased accessibility to mission-focused institutions, which deliver educational services on campus, as well as through a planned network of off-campus instruction and to prepare citizens responsibly for success in the new century by providing high quality teaching and research in an environment that serves the needs of its consumers.