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Direct Admissions In the News
Free Tennessee program changes how students financially plan for college (TN Promise & TN Direct Admissions)
CBS News, May 9, 2026
Free tuition help: TN Promise application now open for Class of 2026 (TN Promise & TN Direct Admissions)
Fox 17, August 5, 2025
Tenn. Promise applications now open for high school grads (TN Promise & TN Direct Admissions)
Action News 5, August 1, 2025
TN Promise applications now open for class of 2026 (TN Promise & TN Direct Admissions)
WVLT, August 1, 2025
TN Promise Application Now Open for Class of 2026 – Shelbyville Times-Gazette (TN Promise & TN Direct Admissions)
Shelbyville Times-Gazette, August 1, 2025
July 29, 2025
TCATs launch Direct Admissions program
Main Street Media of Tennessee, July 29
TCATs launch Direct Admissions program
The Cheatham County Exchange, July 29
July 28, 2025
Get into College and Get Financial Aid Without Applying
Harvard Graduate School of Education, July 28
July 23rd, 2025 Launch Media
Tennessee launches direct admissions pilot with student aid component
Yahoo Finance, July 23
Tennessee launches direct admissions pilot with student aid component
Higher Ed Dive, July 23
TN Direct Admissions Program Aims to Simplify College Pathway for Class of 2026
WGNS Radio, July 23
TN launches direct admissions program for high school seniors
NBC 39 – Jackson, July 23
A Novel Approach: Tennessee Will Pair Direct-Admission Offers With Financial-Aid Estimates
The Chronicle of Higher Education, July 23
Tennessee launches automatic college admission in 230 high schools
Axios Nashville, July 23
TN Higher Education Commission launches new program to help boost in-state college enrollment
Local 3 News, July 23
New TN ‘direct admissions’ pilot to boost college, tech school enrollment
Public News Service, July 23
July 24th, 2025 Launch Media
WKRN Nashville, July 24
Tennessee Firefly, July 24
Tennessee launches ‘Direct Admissions’ program
WKRN Nashville, July 24
New program to help TN students in search for colleges
WREG Memphis, July 24
ETSU, Northeast to participate in ‘Direct Admissions’ program
Times News, July 24
TN Direct Admissions Pilot Program will Simplify Path to College and Technical Training
Sequatchie Valley News, July 24
New Tennessee ‘Direct Admissions’ Pilot To Boost College Enrollment
Chattanooga Pulse, July 24
WGRV Radio – ETSU, July 24
Tennessee Becomes Latest State To Offer Automatic College Admissions
Forbes, July 24
TN Direct Admissions Pilot Program will Simplify Path to College and Technical Training
Sequatchie Valley Now, July 24
Direct Admissions Across the Nation
- Complex Applications Create Barriers to College -- Some are Trying to Change That
- More State Colleges are Admitting Students--Before They Apply
- Forget FAFSA, Says One State--We Got You
- Direct Admissions Spreads, State by State
- From Passive Promises to Proactive Guarantees: The Efficacy of Financial Certainty Interventions Among Automatically (In-) Admissible Students
- You are Admitted! Early Evidence on Enrollment from Idaho’s Direct Admissions System
- Direct Admissions: Reimagining College Applications to Promote Equity
- Increasing Access to Post-Secondary Education through Proactive Admissions
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