Education & Training

Industrial Training

Through the state’s Industrial Training Service, a training program can be tailored to a company’s specific needs at virtually no cost. Employee skills and productivity can be maximized through technical assistance available in:

• Employee recruitment and screening.
• Pre-employment programs.
• Job-specific training.
• Workforce development.
• Travel expense support.
• Industrial materials.

Education

Middle Tennessee has a vast array of educational centers, including:

• 11 colleges and universities.
• Four special-purpose institutions.
• 10 technology centers.
• Two two-year extension centers.
• 12 professional and career schools.
• 10 centers of excellence, five chairs of excellence and four centers of emphasis are located on the campuses of Middle Tennessee’s higher education institution.

Tennessee Promise

Seniors may apply for the Tennessee Promise scholarship, which will provide two years of tuition-free attendance at a community or technical college in Tennessee.

Tennessee Reconnect

The Tennessee Reconnect Act establishes a last-dollar scholarship for adults to attend a community college tuition-free. With this extension of the Drive to 55, which comes at no additional cost to taxpayers, every Tennessean will have the opportunity to enter or reenter public higher education with no tuition expenses.