The THEC officials supporting the proposal included past chairman Ransom Jones, currently chairman of the Rutherford County Election Commission. Challenged by the number of MTSU students who weren't graduating, Tennessee Higher Education officials in 2002 recommended the university cap its enrollment at 3% growth per year for five years, but no such measure was ever put in place. MTSU's enrollment reached 18,993 by 1999. Over $3 billion in total business revenue was generated within Tennessee that year by the added value of MTSU degrees earned. We've got them right here."Įarlier this year, the university's Business and Economic Research Center released a study that shows MTSU alumni and their employees generated $8 billion-plus in business revenue across the state in 2017. We don’t have to go all over the country to find wonderful and dedicated educators. "We are able to see them firsthand in our school system before we hire them, and that's certainly a plus. We have good quality people graduating from MTSU. "A lot of them do their student teaching in our school system," Campbell said. In the first three years Tennessee Promise funds were available, a total of 51,221 students enrolled at community colleges or Tennessee College of Applied Technology campuses, according to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission.Ī retired principal from Rutherford County's Walter Hill Elementary, Campbell said MTSU provides local schools with talented education majors. Bill Haslam signed the Tennessee Promise legislation. MTSU's enrollment dropped by more than 1,000 students per year from 2012-14 as the jobs market improved following the Great Recession.Įnrollment continued to drop at a slower pace starting in 2015 after former Republican Gov. Tennessee had an all-time high of 68,800 high school graduates in 2010, a number that's not expected to return until 2026, said Sells, adding the MTSU campus can potentially serve 30,000 students. The net enrollment bump came about thanks to several new initiatives that led to a double-digit percentage gain in freshmen and another annual rise in transfers, said spokesman Andrew Oppmann. "We just want to make sure Tennessee students start in the place most appropriate for them and where they can be the most successful," said Deb Sells, MTSU's vice president of student affairs and vice provost of enrollment services. University officials say the drop in enrollment came as many students chose to enter the workforce or take advantage of Tennessee Promise, which offers free tuition at community colleges and technical schools. The count of 21,721 enrolled during the fall semester remains below the peak count of 26,442 in 2011. Seven years of declining enrollment at Middle Tennessee State University ended this fall when the campus added 91 students. Watch Video: Deb Sells talks about MTSU student recruiting
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