As Petersen leaves, Regents keep looking
How fitting that on the same day that UT President John Petersen announces his resignation, the Tennessee Board of Regents releases its six-member list of candidates for its chancellorship. (Jan Simek,...
View ArticleSen. Kyle wants to reboot higher ed
Senate Democratic Leader Jim Kyle will file a bill today that would end the three higher education systems in the state — the University of Tennessee system, the Board of Regents and the Tennessee...
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Off-duty cops on campus: Keep on packin’
The attorney general opined this week that off-duty police officers can carry guns on Tennessee Board of Regents campuses, slicing ever so slightly into prohibitions against students carrying firearms...
View ArticleBoard of Regents only agency to reduce fuel usage
An audit out this morning from the state comptroller says that only the Board of Regents was able to reduce its use of petroleum products by 20 percent as mandated by a 2007 state law. Three other...
View ArticleSenate Democratic leader calls for food tax cut, tuition freeze
Senate Minority Leader Jim Kyle, D-Memphis, said Wednesday that the state should consider a larger cut to the food tax and a freeze on state college tuition. Kyle issued a statement calling for the cut...
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