The Tennessee Higher Education Commission gratefully ...

The Tennessee Higher Education Commission gratefully acknowledges the institutions and agencies that provide the data necessary to compile the Tennessee Higher Education Adult Student Fact Book. This and other THEC publications would be impossible without the timely submission of data by the following data providers:

the Tennessee Board of Regents and its institutions; the University of Tennessee and its institutions; the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association; the THEC Division of Postsecondary School Authorization; and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation.

Throughout this report, THEC complies with Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) requirements to protect students' personally identifiable information. Therefore, when tables are presented, individual cells containing five or fewer observations are suppressed. The suppressed information is included in table totals when possible.

History Current Context 2015 - 2016 Tennessee Higher Education Commission Members Tennessee Public Higher Education Governance and Coordination Structure Tennessee Public Institutions Directory Tennessee Public Institutions Directory: Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association Member Institutions Adult Learner Contacts at Public Institutions

Austin Peay State University East Tennessee State University Middle Tennessee State University Tennessee State University Tennessee Technological University University of Memphis The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga The University of Tennessee, Knoxville The University of Tennessee at Martin Tennessee's Community Colleges Chattanooga State Community College Cleveland State Community College Columbia State Community College Dyersburg State Community College Jackson State Community College Motlow State Community College Nashville State Community College Northeast State Community College Pellissippi State Community College Roane State Community College Southwest Tennessee Community College Volunteer State Community College Walters State Community College Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Tennessee Transfer Pathways and TN eCampus

Adult Undergraduate Headcount by Sector Adult Undergraduate FTE by Sector Public Undergraduate Enrollment Trends by Age, Fall 2005 - Fall 2015 Public Undergraduate Enrollment Percentage Changes by Age Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Institution, Fall Terms 2005, 2010 - 2015 Public Undergraduate Headcount by Age and Institution, Fall 2015 Adult TICUA Undergraduate Headcount by Institution, Fall 2015 Adult Public Undergraduate FTE Enrollment by Institution, Fall Terms 2005, 2010 - 2015 Adult TICUA Undergraduate FTE by Institution, Fall 2015

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Adult Public Student Headcount by Student Level, Fall 2015 Adult Public Student Headcount by Student Level, Fall 2005 - Fall 2015 TCAT Enrollment by Age and Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 TCAT Enrollment by Age Group, Academic Year 2014-15 Full-Time and Part-Time Adult Public Undergraduate Enrollment by Institution, Fall 2015 Full-Time and Part-Time Adult TICUA Undergraduate Enrollment by Institution, Fall 2015 Full-Time and Part-Time TICUA Undergraduate Enrollment by Age, Fall 2015 Adult Public Headcount by Student Level, Fall 2015 Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Gender, Race, Pell Eligibility, and Institution, Fall 2015 Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Race, Fall 2015 Adult TICUA Undergraduate Headcount by Gender, Race, Pell Eligibility, and Institution, Fall 2015 Public Undergraduate Pell Eligibility by Age and Institution, Fall 2015 Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Major Field, Fall 2015 Adult Off-Campus Enrollment, Fall 2015 TCAT Adult Off-Campus Enrollment, Academic Year 2014-15 Adult Public Undergraduate Student Transfer Activity by Institution, Fall 2015 Adult Community College Remedial and Developmental Enrollment, Fall 2015

Adult Public Freshman to Sophomore Retention Rate by Institution, Fall 2014 to Fall 2015 Adult Community College Remedial and Developmental Success, Academic Year 2012-13 Public Undergraduate Awards by Age and Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Demographics, Institution and Award Level, 2014-15 Adult TICUA Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 Top 20 Adult TICUA Undergraduate Awards by Major, Academic Year 2014-15 TICUA Undergraduate Degrees Awarded to Adults, 2009-10 through 2014-15 Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Major Field and Award Level, Academic Year 2014-15 Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Major Field and Institution Type, Academic Year 2014-15 Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Race and Award Level, Academic Year 2014-15 Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Race and Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 Adult Public Undergraduate Six-Year Graduation Rates by Institution, Fall 2009 Cohort Adult Public Undergraduate Six-Year Graduation Rates by Institution and Race, Fall 2009 Cohort TCAT Adult Awards for Fall 2014 through Summer 2015

Research Student Outreach and Support Statewide Marketing Push Building Institutional Capacity Community Based Efforts

Additional Higher Education Resources Definitions Institutional and System Abbreviations

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The Tennessee Higher Education Commission was created in 1967 by the Tennessee General Assembly. The Commission develops, implements, and evaluates postsecondary education policies and programs in Tennessee while coordinating the state's systems of higher education. There are nine public universities, two special purpose institutes, 13 community colleges, and 27 colleges of applied technology in Tennessee that educate nearly 250,000 students annually.

The Commission is composed of nine lay members appointed by the Governor for six-year terms who represent the state's congressional districts, three Constitutional Officers who are ex-officio voting members (Comptroller of the Treasury, State Treasurer, and Secretary of State), two exofficio student members who serve two year terms, and the Executive Director of the State Board of Education, who is an ex-officio non-voting member.

In January 2010, the General Assembly passed the Complete College Tennessee Act (CCTA), a comprehensive reform agenda seeking to transform public higher education through changes in academic, fiscal and administrative policies at the state and institutional levels. While the higher education landscape has been shaped by the CCTA, higher education is evolving to adopt Governor Bill Haslam's statewide reform agenda, collectively known as the "Drive to 55."

Calendar year 2015 ushered in a new long-range plan, the 2015 ? 2025 Master Plan for Tennessee Postsecondary Education, which sets the stage for continued transformational change in Tennessee higher education. This plan seeks to: (1) make dramatic increases in degree production and efficiency; (2) within available resources (state operating appropriations plus tuition); (3) without diminishing educational quality; (4) thereby improving community, county, and statewide postsecondary attainment; (5) to support improvements in workforce capacity and quality as well as economic and community (i.e., workplace) development.

The success of this goal relies largely on the recruitment, retention, and completion of adults in higher education. Tennessee Reconnect, the adult-focused efforts of the Drive to 55, works to engage the over 900,000 Tennessee adults over 25 who have some college but have not completed their degree, and the 1.4 million Tennesseans over 25 with only a high school degree1.

Beyond meeting baseline metrics for labor market demand, state-level initiatives intend to ensure that postsecondary education is a viable option for any adult Tennessean who chooses to pursue it. This is accomplished by: (1) providing research for building the policy framework; (2)

1 U.S. Census Bureau; American Community Survey, 2014 American Community Survey 1-Year Estimates, Table S1505;; ; (29 January 2015).

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coordinating community and regional initiatives; (3) developing and leveraging employer and workforce partnerships; (4) supporting and building capacity within institutions to serve adults more effectively; and, (5) supporting and reaching out to adult learners1.

In order to more deeply understand and illustrate the importance and condition of adult learners in Tennessee higher education, we must analyze and report the rich data we have access to in our state. In 2015, THEC released the first edition of this THEC Fact Book focused solely on adult learners to provide institutional faculty and staff, state higher education policy leaders and nonprofit organizations the context of adult student participation and success in Tennessee higher education. Our purpose through all Tennessee Reconnect initiatives is to further understand the complexities, challenges and barriers facing adult learners in Tennessee in order to inform and influence state and institutional policy, support various community and state partnerships and build capacity within our institutions to more effectively support and reach out to our adult learners.

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Evan Cope, Chair, Murfreesboro - 4th Congressional District Keith Wilson, Vice Chair, Kingsport - 1st Congressional District David Kustoff, Vice Chair, Germantown, 8th Congressional District A C Wharton, Jr., Secretary, Memphis - 9th Congressional District

Tre Hargett, Secretary of State Justin P. Wilson, State Comptroller David H. Lillard, Jr., State Treasurer Mintha Roach, Knoxville - 2nd Congressional District Pam Koban, Nashville - 5th Congressional District Pam Martin, Mt. Juliet - 6th Congressional District Bill Lee, Franklin - 7th Congressional District Dr. Nancy Dishner, East Tennessee Dr. Sara Heyburn, non-voting ex-officio, Executive Director, State Board of Education Siri Kadire, non-voting ex-officio, University of Tennessee Health Science Center

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The Citizens of Tennessee

Governor

General Assembly

Tennessee Higher Education Commission

Tennessee Board of Regents

University of Tennessee System

Austin Peay State University

Community Colleges

Chattanooga State Cleveland State Columbia State Dyersburg State Jackson

State Motlow State Nashville State Northeast State Pellissippi State Roane State Southwest State Volunteer State Walters State

Colleges of Applied Technology

Athens Chattanooga

Covington Crossville

Crump Dickson Elizabethtown Harriman Hartsville Hohenwald Jacksboro Jackson Knoxville Lexington Knoxville Livingston McKenzie McMinnville Memphis Morristown

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga University of Tennessee, Knoxville University of Tennessee at Martin

University of Tennessee Health Science Center University of Tennessee Space Institute Institute for Agriculture Institute for Public Service

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East Tennessee State University

Middle Tennessee State University

Tennessee State University

Tennessee Technological

University

The University of Memphis

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