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The University of Tennessee is hoping to eventually grow enrollment at Martin Methodist College to 1,500 students, but that will require more dorms and classrooms on campus.
The UT board of trustees executive committee met on Friday morning, where they heard an update on the proposal to add Martin Methodist College to the UT System. The goal of the merger is to create access to more affordable higher education in southern Middle Tennessee, where Martin Methodist is located.
While the merger isn t final, it was given the green light by both schools in December. It now has to be approved Tennessee s general assembly later this year.
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The University of Tennessee System s move to acquire Martin Methodist College, its fourth undergraduate college, is in its final stages.
The merging process that started in September is drawing to a close following a Board of Trustees vote Wednesday. The next step is to have it approved by the General Assembly and attorney general.
The acquisition of Martin Methodist College would be UT s newest campus in over 50 years. The last was UT Chattanooga in 1969. Martin Methodist was established in 1870 and is the only four-year and graduate institution between Sewannee in the east and Freed-Hardeman in the west.