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TBR
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to increase their enrollments by
about 30 percent in order to
reach the ‘Drive to 55’ goal,” she
added.
After stressing the importance of higher education for
the state’s workers, Hausser
said the TBR is asking state legislators for about a 4.6 percent
increase in funding.
The increase would include
an additional $200,000 for
Cleveland State’s annual operating expenses.
Hausser added that, with the
recent influx of students from
the
recently-introduced
Tennessee
Promise
and
Tennessee Reconnect scholarship programs, it is “a good
time” to be looking at capital
investments.
State Sen. Mike Bell asked if
Cleveland State was slated to

receive any capital allocations
in the TBR’s proposed budget.
She said no, but Cleveland
State may be set to receive
funding for maintenance-related
expenses.
Citing both Cleveland State
and the TCAT in Athens,
Hausser said colleges have
taken demands on their facilities in stride as student populations increase.
She added numerous colleges
have done “creative” things like
adding more night classes to
their schedules and heavily promoting online course offerings.
The TCAT in Knoxville “doubled”
its enrollment this fall, and she
said it simply adjusted its
schedule.
“We have the capacity to deal
with that increase now,”
Seymour said.

Veterans
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appropriation has been decreasing in recent years.”
He said he does not focus so
much on the actual ranking, but
on how many new veterans
homes are on the li 7B