Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association
Private Colleges Serving Tennessee
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Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association Private Colleges Serving Tennessee |
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Contract Education |
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Contract education is a cost-efficient way for the State to provide
greater educational opportunity at a reduced expense to the State.
Considering just operating costs, the cost to the State to educate one student at one of the State's medical schools
is over $100,000. The same amount of State subsidy will help educate 4
Tennessee residents at Meharry Medical College or 5 students at Southern
College of Optometry. Contract education allows the State to provide access to quality education, and increase the number of professionals in high need areas such as medicine, dentistry, optometry and nursing at a low cost to taxpayers without having to develop new programs. TICUA's November 2008 study on contract
education is available on the
TICUA website. |
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| Message from TICUA President Claude Pressnell: This message is part of an ongoing series of charts that the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association will share in the coming months, highlighting the impact of our 35 member campuses. We hope that you will find this information helpful. Please contact us for additional information either by phone at 615-242-6400 or email at research@ticua.org. |
