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Recent Updates

Commission Meeting
  • 2010 Formula Review Committee

    Outcomes Based Funding Formula Model Presentation

  • Race to the Top Update

    Please see the memo below for an update on Race to the Top.
    Race to the Top Memo
    Attachment A

  • 2010 THEC Legislative Reports

    The 2010 THEC Legislative Reports are available....More

  • 2009-2010 Fact Book

    The 2009-2010 Fact Book is available for download. It provides information on enrollment and transfers, persistence and attainment, and fiscal information about TN universities. ...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.