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Among UT’s top budget requests that were funded: a new West Tennessee 4-H Center, a new science building for UT Knoxville, pay raises for employees, and full funding of the state’s higher education productivity gains.
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The University of Tennessee is heading into uncharted territory, seeking to cut costs while maintaining excellence in the face of projected funding gaps, and successful navigation can secure the state’s future.
NOTE: A correction has been made to this press release regarding the review of the University’s tenure and post-tenure review process.
University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro discusses the ongoing Tennessee Sexual Assault and Relationship Violence Summit at Tennessee State University in Nashville, Tenn., with CNN anchor Ashleigh Banfield Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2015.
Public higher education’s business model is broken, and twin pressures to fulfill its mission and ensure sustainable funding have brought the University of Tennessee to a crossroads, UT President Joe DiPietro said today. DiPietro’s remarks came during testimony at the last of Gov. Bill Haslam’s 2014 budget hearings ahead of the upcoming 2015 legislative session.
