The College System of Tennessee Vision
This document proposes a reimagined community college experience to address challenges such as the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, enrollment loss, student retention, and the alignment of academic programs with workforce needs. Key components of this framework include extensive pre-college career advising, a first-semester workforce-ready certificate, contextualized general education courses, and reengineered transfer pathways. The intended outcomes are dramatically higher student success rates, improved program alignment with contemporary workforce demands, and providing a clear path to credentials and careers.