Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Biography

From the Tennessee Higher Education Commission website in 2021: "The Tennessee Higher Education Commission was created in 1967 by the Tennessee General Assembly to achieve coordination and foster unity with regard to higher education in the state. The Commission coordinates and provides guidance to the institutions governed by the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees, the six locally-governed state universities, and the community colleges, and colleges of applied technology governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents. There are currently nine public universities, two special purpose institutes, 13 community colleges, and 27 colleges of applied technology in Tennessee that serve approximately 250,000 students.

The Commission is composed of nine voting members appointed from the general public, each serving six-year terms and representing the three Grand Divisions of the state equally; three constitutional officers- Comptroller of the Treasury, State Treasurer, and Secretary of State- who are ex-officio voting members; one voting student member; and the Executive Director of the State Board of Education, as an ex-officio, non- voting member."

The common abbreviation for the commission is THEC or T.H.E.C.

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