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Early registration for Putnam County Schools opens Tuesday and runs through April 19 for new and returning students. Elementary Instructional Supervisor Dr. Diana Wood said families with new Putnam County students can complete their registration via the school system’s website, by phone, or register in person at a school or the central office. She said incoming kindergarteners are invited to ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech student enrollment has exceeded 10,000 students for the first time in three years, an increase of some 200 students from last year. Total enrollment stands at some 10,117 approaching the fourth week of the fall semester. The freshman class ranks as the fourth largest in the school’s history with increases in transfer students as well. Tech reports strong ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech has once again joined in a state program waiving college application fees this month, despite concerns about the quality of some of the applications. Officials expressed those concerns during the last Board of Trustees meeting. Vice President for Enrollment and Communication Karen Lykins said some of the applications Tech will receive this month will come from those that ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech working to develop a database that will help the university align recruitment to population growth areas of state. Executive Director of Strategic Planning & Data Dewayne Wright said they are in the early stages of collecting different sets of data from THEC, the state data center, and internal data. He said all of that data will help Tech ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech current freshmen enrollment numbers are down slightly from last year’s record, despite the highest application and admit numbers in the school’s history. Vice President of Enrollment & Communication Karen Lykins said Tech received roughly 1,000 more applications this year. Lykins said her team continues to study the impact of September’s free application month. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission ... Read More »

Two Putnam County elementary schools enter the spring over 90 percent capacity and will be limited in enrollment for next school year after Thursday night’s school board vote. Prescott Elementary has a capacity number of 95 percent while Jere Whitson Elementary sits at 94 percent. Attendance Supervisor Chris Pierce said that’s above the average enrollment of 85 percent. “We get ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech working to build off of its historic freshmen class enrollment numbers. Vice President for Enrollment Management Karen Lykins said in order to do so, they look at successes from last year and work to repeat them. She said she believes this year’s enrollment was high because students better understood campus life and what it means to be part ... Read More »

Tennessee Tech nursing student enrollment holding steady this fall semester after recent low enrollment. School of Nursing Director Barbara Jared said Tennessee Tech’s School of Nursing typically sees about 600 undergraduate students. At the graduate level, the average is about 140 students. Jared said she believes the drop in enrollment numbers was influenced by the pandemic. “And I think the ... Read More »

9,902. That is Tennessee Tech’s student enrollment that President Phil Oldham reported in a Putnam County Joint Development Board meeting Tuesday night. Oldham said that is up some compared to last year. “They’re a smart bunch,” Oldham said. “A 3.66 high school gpa and a 24 average ACT. We started with about 130 in hotels, because we were maxed out ... Read More »

White County Schools enrollment has climbed back to pre-COVID levels. Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger said the system has surpassed the 3,900 threshold. The system lost a couple 100 students over the past two years. “We’re comfortable,” Dronebarger said. “I think some schools have got some larger classes than maybe what they have had in the past and that’s just ... Read More »