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University of Tennessee trustees approve 2030 strategic plan and hear chancellors27 progress reports

University of Tennessee Board of Trustees · February 27, 2026
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The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees unanimously adopted a systemwide strategic plan to guide 2030 goals for enrollment, research and infrastructure and approved multiple campus items, including a UT Martin student code of conduct and several budget and tuition proposals. Trustees also reviewed campus updates on enrollment gains, research initiatives and capital projects.

The University of Tennessee Board of Trustees approved a systemwide strategic plan aimed at making 20202930 "the greatest decade" for the system and heard a series of chancellor updates on enrollment, research and capital projects at a board meeting in Memphis.

The adoption came after a presentation by President Randy Boyd, who framed the plan around student success, research and innovation, workforce needs and community engagement. Boyd said the plan ties measurable KPIs to system goals and asked trustees to shift from approval to implementation. "This is our roadmap," Boyd said during the presentation, adding the plan includes targets for raising enrollment, lifting retention and growing research expenditures over the decade.

Chancellors used brief, focused updates to report campus-level progress. Peter Buckley, chancellor of the UT Health Science Center, highlighted a Tennessee Department of Health grant and ongoing capital plans: "Tennessee Department of Health enabled…

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