Interestingly, I didn’t read this in the news - but there it is - so it must have been buried below.
with the non major stories. They acknowledge the housing shortage and yet want to grow 5K students.
I think the two schools (UT and UTK) can’t be compared in the sense of selectivity - and UTK has far more OOS students (more than a 3rd) vs. less than 10% I believe.
No opinion on it. I’m surprised in the article they say - we don’t want in state kids going out of state because they think it’s an impossible admission. I guess that’s the difference of living in a wealthy county vs. not - I never would have thought that. But obviously, others do - or they believe others do.
The state has worked on access for lower income the past few years and absorbed Martin Methodist, plus added a high profile system leader in Randy Boyd - so perhaps UTK is one to watch.
University of Tennessee guarantees admissions for high school seniors (tennessean.com)