Office of the President
President’s Post
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Furthering the Quest
Our ultimate success as educators here at MTSU, I believe, lies in our day-by-day efforts to ensure that every student gets the attention they deserve on their path to earning a degree. Our unwavering focus on helping individual students overcome obstacles, stay enrolled in classes, and earn college degrees, regardless of the external factors around us, is what I believe will make us a successful institution
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Changing Times
As most of you are no doubt already aware, Gov. Bill Haslam has proposed sweeping change regarding the governance structure for the six Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) universities, including MTSU. The governor wants to remove those universities from under the direct control of the TBR, which has governed them for decades. In TBR’s place, new local governing boards would be fashioned that would have decision-making power
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Budget Update
MTSU remained relatively flat year-over- year in enrollment this fall (.96 percent headcount and 1.98 percent full-time equivalent decrease). This slight decrease equated to an approximate $1.9 million revenue reduction. However, the two previous fall decreases were 4.82 percent and 5.96 percent respectively, so clearly our ramped-up enrollment efforts are working quite well. This slight decrease is even more impressive given that this was the first fall
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Construction Update
Numerous campus construction projects are ongoing or were recently completed. Here is a brief update on those recent and current projects. Davis Science and Wiser-Patten Science Substantial completion is planned by late fall for this crucial renovation project, costing approximately $20 million. The new and returning occupants will move in late fall and over the holiday break before the spring 2017 semester. A new connector between the two
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MT Engage and SACS accreditation
The compliance audit for our reaffirmation of accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) will be submitted in the coming weeks. Importantly, the development of our new Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP), as part of the reaccreditation process, is well underway. A draft of the plan, branded MT Engage—which was announced in the fall of 2014—is available to the