Motlow State’s Dual Enrollment (DE) program, already featuring the highest enrollment of any community college in the state, set another milestone in May. The number of students who graduated from Motlow the same semester as they graduated high school grew a phenomenal 800%. Partnerships with secondary schools are at... Read more

An A score for its clinical program  MURFREESBORO, Tenn. — Middle Tennessee State University’s in-the-field training offered through its undergraduate elementary teacher preparation program has been ranked among the nation’s best by the National Council on Teacher Quality.   MTSU’s clinical practice program stands out as among only 33 traditional elementary programs... Read more

Awards Fund ‘Grow Your Own’ Programs with 35 Districts to Strengthen Teacher Pipeline in Tennessee Nashville, TN— The Tennessee Department of Education today announced seven Educator Preparation Programs will be awarded Grow Your Own Competitive Grants to form or expand state-recognized Grow Your Own Partnerships to increase access and remove barriers to the teaching profession.  The Grow Your Own Competitive Grant funds partnerships between Educator Preparation... Read more

Grant Builds Upon Work to Support Instruction for Students Nashville, TN—The Tennessee Department of Education has been awarded a five-year, $5.5 million State Personnel Development Grant to strengthen instructional practices for serving students with the most significant cognitive disabilities.  The State Personnel Development Grants (SPDG) program, administered through the Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) within... Read more

Attracting future students to agriculture and MTSU’s Fermentation Science program — that’s the objective of a new U.S. Department of Agriculture grant collaboration between Motlow, Columbia State, and MTSU. It’s a three-year, $300,000 grant proposed by MTSU’s Tony Johnston, who is partnering with Motlow Chemistry Instructor Nathan Fisher and... Read more