Tennessee: Where Do We Stand?
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Editor's Note
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by Horace Johns
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A Matter of Degrees: Public Higher Education Reform in Tennessee
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by Richard G. Rhoda, Executive Director, Tennessee Higher Education Commission
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The Complete College Tennessee Act articulates a plan to address the need for better-educated Tennesseans as the state recovers from the recession. [more]
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State Prepares to Turn the Page with Race to the Top
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by Timothy K. Webb, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Education
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In March, Tennessee became one of two states to win the federal government's Race to the Top competition, which will award the state an estimated $500 million to pursue education reform and innovation. [more]
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Staying Positive in a Depressed Economy
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by James Neeley, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development
- True recovery will take time, but several programs are in place that will continue to affect the stability and continued growth of a wide variety of industries in Tennessee. [more]
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Here Comes the Sun
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by Matt Kisber, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development
- In Tennessee, we're proving unequivocally that green jobs are the future of America's economy. [more]
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State of the State Address
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by Phil Bredesen, Governor, State of Tennessee
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In short, we are on track with the budget plan approved last spring and have further adjusted it "on the fly" with additional spending reductions to match the additional revenue shortfalls that have occurred. [more]
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Economic Update: Tennessee Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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by Lee Jones, Vice President, Branch Manager, Nashville Branch, Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
- As the performance of the national economy improves, positive ripples should begin to emerge in Tennessee in the quarters ahead.... [presentation pdf]
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Tennessee's Battle to Beat Obesity
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by Susan Cooper, Commissioner, Tennessee Department of Health
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Tennessee ranks as one of five states in the country with the highest rates of obesity. [more]
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Some Old-Time Reading Material
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by Jim Burton, Dean, Jones College of Business, MTSU
- May I suggest a return to the sense of selflessness displayed by the founders of our country. [more]
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Cover (pdf)
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Contents (pdf)