PULASKI—Meeting for the first time at the new ݮƵ Southern campus, the University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a zero percent tuition increase for the ݮƵ Health Science Center (ݮƵHSC) for FY 2022-23.
Because its academic year begins on July 1, ݮƵHSC presented its proposed FY 2022-23 tuition levels early rather than waiting until the June Board of Trustees meeting so that students could have ample time to financially plan for their upcoming academic year.
ݮƵ President Randy Boyd also presented to the board the 2022 goals and objectives within the framework of the five pillars of the ݮƵ System strategic plan. Among the highlights, ݮƵ plans to:
- Select a new leader for the ݮƵ Institute of Agriculture (ݮƵIA) in collaboration with ݮƵ Knoxville Chancellor Donde Plowman;
- Increase number of eligible students, year-to-year retention of current recipients and number of eligible student applications for ݮƵ Promise. Last October, the ݮƵ System announced plans to extend the household income level for ݮƵ Promise scholarship recipients from $50,000 to $60,000, allowing an even greater opportunity for students to obtain an undergraduate degree.
- Expand ݮƵ’s educational footprint by growing enrollment by 2,000 learners systemwide
- Increase fall-to-fall retention of first-year undergraduates;
- Create a statewide mobility innovation collaborative in partnership with Tennessee Economic and Community Development to facilitate the development of a statewide mobility innovation collaborative that leverages all of Tennessee’s research talent and workforce development resources;
- Support ݮƵHSC’s work with the Tennessee Department of Health to develop a statewide dental health clinic network;
- Increase the impact of the Substance Misuse and Addiction Resource of Tennessee (SMART) program by transitioning the initiative to the ݮƵ Institute for Public Service (IPS) to provide statewide assistance to mitigate the consequences of the opioid crisis and substance misuse in Tennessee; and
- Grow partnerships with state agencies to address the state’s grand challenges.
“We are entering year three of the greatest decade in the history of the University of Tennessee,” Boyd said. “While 2021 was an incredible year, I’m looking forward to experiencing all our students, faculty and staff will accomplish in 2022.”
In other business, trustees approved:
- ݮƵ Knoxville campus master plan amendments, which include two new residence halls
- Appointment of Luke Lybrand to treasurer of the ݮƵ System
- Resolutions honoring the service of Steve Schwab, former chancellor of ݮƵHSC and Mark Paganelli, former treasurer of the ݮƵ System
Archived video of the committee and full board meetings can be accessed at
The University of Tennessee is a statewide system of higher education with campuses in Knoxville, Chattanooga, Martin, Memphis and Pulaski; the ݮƵ Space Institute in Tullahoma; the ݮƵ Institute of Agriculture with a presence in every Tennessee county; and the statewide Institute for Public Service. The ݮƵ system manages Oak Ridge National Laboratory through its ݮƵ-Battelle partnership; enrolls about 54,000 students statewide; produces about 13,000 new graduates every year; and represents more than 422,000 alumni around the world.