Over the next four years, the University of Tennessee will have better prepared incoming students, higher graduation rates, expanded research funding, enhanced outreach and increased fundraising. That is the vision UT President Joe DiPietro presented to the Board of Trustees and board chair, Gov. Bill Haslam, on Friday.
Reliable funding that enables excellence while holding institutions accountable is the single-greatest challenge facing public higher education, University of Tennessee President Joe DiPietro told a gathering of Nashville business leaders on Wednesday.
UT System President Joe DiPietro and other higher education leaders in the state will participate in a panel discussion on Wednesday, Sept. 24, organized by the Nashville Business Journal at the Omni Hotel in Nashville. The publication’s annual Nashville Ahead conference is headlined by “A Discussion on Higher Education and Workforce Readiness.”
University of Tennessee System President Joe DiPietro has been invited to participate in Leadership Tennessee, a statewide leadership education program that includes leaders in business, government, education and nonprofit sectors.
University of Tennessee System President Joe DiPietro told the Board of Trustees today he is committed to reversing the current trend of dwindling state appropriations for higher education.
