ERIC ED572971: Tennessee Higher Education Adult Student Fact Book: 2015-2016

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by  ERIC

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 i
Current Context i
2015 - 2016 Tennessee Higher Education Commission Members iii
Tennessee Public Higher Education Governance and Coordination Structure iv
Tennessee Public Institutions Directory v
Tennessee Public Institutions Directory: Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology vi
Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association Member Institutions vii
Adult Learner Contacts at Public Institutions viii
Austin Peay State University 2
East Tennessee State University 3
Middle Tennessee State University 4
Tennessee State University 5
Tennessee Technological University 6
University of Memphis 7
The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga 8
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville 9
The University of Tennessee at Martin 10
Tennessee’s Community Colleges 11
Chattanooga State Community College 12
Cleveland State Community College 13
Columbia State Community College 14
Dyersburg State Community College 15
Jackson State Community College 16
Motlow State Community College 17
Nashville State Community College 18
Northeast State Community College 19
Pellissippi State Community College 20
Roane State Community College 21
Southwest Tennessee Community College 22
Volunteer State Community College 23
Walters State Community College 24
Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology 25
Tennessee Transfer Pathways and TN eCampus 26
Adult Undergraduate Headcount by Sector Figure 2.1 28
Adult Undergraduate FTE by Sector Figure 2.2 28
Public Undergraduate Enrollment Trends by Age, Fall 2005 - Fall 2015 Figure 2.3 29
Public Undergraduate Enrollment Percentage Changes by Age Figure 2.4 29
Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Institution, Fall Terms 2005, 2010 - 2015 Table 2.1 30
Public Undergraduate Headcount by Age and Institution, Fall 2015 Table 2.2 31
Adult TICUA Undergraduate Headcount by Institution, Fall 2015 Table 2.3 32
Adult Public Undergraduate FTE Enrollment by Institution, Fall Terms 2005, 2010 - 2015 Table 2.4 33
Adult TICUA Undergraduate FTE by Institution, Fall 2015 Table 2.5 34
Adult Public Student Headcount by Student Level, Fall 2015 Figure 2.5 34
Adult Public Student Headcount by Student Level, Fall 2005 - Fall 2015 Figure 2.6 35
TCAT Enrollment by Age and Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 2.6 37
TCAT Enrollment by Age Group, Academic Year 2014-15 Figure 2.7 37
Full-Time and Part-Time Adult Public Undergraduate Enrollment by Institution, Fall 2015 Figure 2.8 38
Full-Time and Part-Time Adult TICUA Undergraduate Enrollment by Institution, Fall 2015 Figure 2.9 39
Full-Time and Part-Time TICUA Undergraduate Enrollment by Age, Fall 2015 Figure 2.10 40
Adult Public Headcount by Student Level, Fall 2015 Table 2.7 41
Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Gender, Race, Pell Eligibility, and Institution, Fall 2015 Table 2.8 42
Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Race, Fall 2015 Table 2.9 43
Adult TICUA Undergraduate Headcount by Gender, Race, Pell Eligibility, and Institution, Fall 2015 Table 2.10 44
Public Undergraduate Pell Eligibility by Age and Institution, Fall 2015 Figure 2.11 45
Adult Public Undergraduate Headcount by Major Field, Fall 2015 Table 2.11 46
Adult Off-Campus Enrollment, Fall 2015 Table 2.12 47
TCAT Adult Off-Campus Enrollment, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 2.13 48
Adult Public Undergraduate Student Transfer Activity by Institution, Fall 2015 Table 2.14 49
Adult Community College Remedial and Developmental Enrollment, Fall 2015 Table 2.15 50
Adult Public Freshman to Sophomore Retention Rate by Institution, Fall 2014 to Fall 2015 Table 3.1 52
Adult Community College Remedial and Developmental Success, Academic Year 2012-13 Table 3.2 53
Public Undergraduate Awards by Age and Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 3.3 54
Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Demographics, Institution and Award Level, 2014-15 Table 3.4 55
Adult TICUA Undergraduate Degrees Awarded by Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 3.5 56
Top 20 Adult TICUA Undergraduate Awards by Major, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 3.6 57
TICUA Undergraduate Degrees Awarded to Adults, 2009-10 through 2014-15 Table 3.7 58
Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Major Field and Award Level, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 3.8 59
Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Major Field and Institution Type, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 3.9 60
Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Race and Award Level, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 3.10 61
Adult Public Undergraduate Awards by Race and Institution, Academic Year 2014-15 Table 3.11 62
Adult Public Undergraduate Six-Year Graduation Rates by Institution, Fall 2009 Cohort Table 3.12 63
Adult Public Undergraduate Six-Year Graduation Rates by Institution and Race, Fall 2009 Cohort Table 3.13 64
TCAT Adult Awards for Fall 2014 through Summer 2015 Table 3.14 65
Research 67
Student Outreach and Support 67
Statewide Marketing Push 68
Building Institutional Capacity 69
Community Based Efforts 70
Additional Higher Education Resources 72
Definitions 73
Institutional and System Abbreviations 74
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 ex-
officio 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;; <http://factfinder2.census.gov>; (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 non-
profit 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 University of Tennessee Austin Peay State
University
Regents System
Community Colleges East Tennessee
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
Chattanooga State Cleveland State University of Tennessee, Knoxville State University
Columbia State Dyersburg State Jackson University of Tennessee at Martin
State Motlow State Nashville State University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Northeast State University of Tennessee Space Institute
Pellissippi State Institute for Agriculture

Roane State
Institute for Public Service Middle Tennessee

Southwest State
Volunteer State State University

Walters State
Colleges of Applied Technology

Athens

Chattanooga
Tennessee State
Covington

Crossville University

Crump

Dickson

Elizabethtown

Harriman

Hartsville Tennessee

Hohenwald
Technological
Jacksboro

Jackson University

Knoxville

Lexington

Knoxville

Livingston The University of

McKenzie
Memphis
McMinnville

Memphis

Morristown
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Universities
Austin Peay State University System Offices
Clarksville, TN
www.apsu.edu
Tennessee Board of Regents University of Tennessee
931-221-7011
1415 Murfreesboro Road 800 Andy Holt Tower

East Tennessee State University Suite 350
Johnson City, TN Nashville, TN 37217 Knoxville, TN 37996
www.etsu.edu www.tbr.edu www.tennessee.edu
423-439-1000 615-366-4400 865-974-1000

Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
www.mtsu.edu
615-898-2300 Community Colleges

Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN Chattanooga State Community College Northeast State Community College
www.tnstate.edu Chattanooga, TN Blountville, TN
615-963-5000 www.chattanoogastate.edu www.northeaststate.edu
423-697-4400 423-323-3191
Tennessee Technological University

Cookeville, TN
Cleveland State Community College Pellissippi State Community College
www.tntech.edu
Cleveland, TN Knoxville, TN
931-372-3888
www.clevelandstatecc.edu www.pstcc.edu

University of Memphis 423-472-7141 865-694-6400
Memphis, TN
www.memphis.edu Columbia State Community College Roane State Community College
901-678-2000 Columbia, TN Harriman, TN
www.columbiastate.edu www.roanestate.edu
University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
931-676-6966 866-462-7722
Chattanooga, TN

www.utc.edu
Dyersburg State Community College Southwest Tennessee Community College
423-425-4506
Dyersburg, TN Memphis, TN
University of Tennessee, Knoxville
www.dscc.edu www.southwest.tn.edu
Knoxville, TN
731-286-3200 901-333-5000
www.utk.edu

865-974-1000
Jackson State Community College Volunteer State Community College

University of Tennessee at Martin Jackson, TN Gallatin, TN
Martin, TN www.jscc.edu www.volstate.edu
www.utm.edu 731-424-3520 615-452-8600
731-881-7000
Motlow State Community College Walters State Community College
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Lynchburg, TN Morristown, TN
Memphis, TN
www.mscc.edu www.ws.edu
www.utthsc.edu
931-393-1500 423-585-2600
901-448-5500

University of Tennessee Space Institute Nashville State Community College
Tullahoma, TN Nashville, TN
www.utsi.edu www.nscc.edu
931-393-7100 615-353-3333

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Athens Jacksboro Newbern
www.tcatathens.edu www.tcatjacksboro.edu www.tcatnewbern.edu
423-744-2814 423-566-9629 731-627-2511

Chattanooga Jackson Oneida/Huntsville
www.chattanoogastate.edu/tcat www.tcatjackson.edu www.tcatoneida.edu
423-697-4433 731-424-0691 423-663-4900

Covington Knoxville Paris
www.tcatcovington.edu www.tcatknoxville.edu www.tcatparis.edu
901-475-2526 865-546-5567 731-644-7365

Crossville Livingston Pulaski
www.tcatcrossville.edu www.tcatlivingston.edu www.tcatpulaski.edu
931-484-7502 931-823-5525 931-424-4014

Crump McKenzie Ripley
www.tcatcrump.edu www.tcatmckenzie.edu www.tcatripley.edu
731-632-3393 731-352-5364 731-635-3368

Dickson McMinnville Shelbyville
www.tcatdickson.edu www.tcatmcminnville.edu www.tcatshelbyville.edu
615-441-6220 931-473-5587 931-685-5013

Elizabethton Memphis Whiteville
www.tcatelizabethton.edu www.tcatmemphis.edu www.tcatwhiteville.edu
423-543-0070 901-543-6100 731-254-8521

Harriman Morristown
www.tcatharriman.edu www.tcatmorristown.edu
865-882-6703 423-586-5771

Hartsville Murfreesboro
www.tcathartsville.edu www.tcatmurfreesboro.edu
615-374-2147 615-898-8010

Hohenwald Nashville
www.tcathohenwald.edu www.tcatnashville.edu
931-796-5351 615-425-5500

Jacksboro Newbern
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