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Upcoming Master Plan Event

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Date: February 20, 2025
Time: 1:30 pm
Location:  Conference Room D, 3rd Floor
                     William SnodgrassTN Tower
                     312 Rosa L Parks Ave.Nashville, TN 37243
                     Learn more about the Master Plan

THEC Resources

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) is comprised of seven specialized bureaus. Together, they work to ensure that Tennessee’s high education enterprise meets the needs of students, families, and education partners.  Learn more about THEC's bureaus

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) maintains student transcripts and certificates from non-exempt, authorized postsecondary institutions that have closed.  Learn more about obtaining transcripts

There are two programs available to facilitate postsecondary educational opportunities for State employees and their dependents, as well as dependents of public school teachers.  Learn more details about the state employee fee waiver

Tennessee is home to seven Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). HBCUs are a federally designated group of higher education institutions, founded before 1965.   Learn more about HBCU Success in Tennessee

THEC produces an annual college-going report that explores postsecondary enrollment trends of recent high-school graduates and includes demographics, county statistics, and factors influencing college going in Tennessee.  Learn more about the college-going rate report

THEC's Higher Education Fact Book addresses topics of access, efficiency, productivity, and quality in public higher education by providing current year and longitudinal statistics about higher education in Tennessee.  Learn more about the 2024 Fact Book

Featured THEC Resource

The Rural Health Care Pathways Expansion Grant (RHCPE) is designed to develop strong, defined health care career pathway programs to enhance the health care workforce in Tennessee’s rural communities. 

The RHCPE program facilitates the creation or expansion of health care pathways in rural Tennessee through a $50 million competitive grant process.  These funds are available to local collaboratives through a competitive Request for Proposals (RFP) issued by the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC).