Tusculum College | Tennessee's First College

Get Ready To Pioneer Your Future!

We invite you and your family to join us as we showcase everything Tusculum College has to offer, including our unique Block Schedule, involved faculty and staff members, and a tour of campus.

For students

Student activities will include a panel discussion with current Tusculum students who can answer all your questions about life on campus. You'll also participate in a class of your choice followed by a campus tour and lunch in our dining hall.

For parents

Parent activities will include an in-depth financial aid session with our staff followed by a panel discussion with faculty and staff members who can answer your questions about a Tusculum education.

What is The Center for Global Studies?

The Tusculum College Study Abroad program was initiated in the early 1990's with regular trips to Costa Rica.

The program expanded first through a partnership with Universida Latina in Costa Rica and next through inclusion in the Business Education Initiative (BEI) started by U.S. Presbyterians and Catholics.

The opportunities for Tusculum students to study abroad were further expanded through the ACA London program.

And in 2002, a study abroad program in Belize was developed in conjunction with the Presbytery USA.

Today, the Center for Global Studies continues to expand the vision of studying abroad to provide international exposure for Tusculum College students.

The Center's mission is to enhance the capacity of individuals and organizations to address local and global challenges through building relationships with communities, institutions of higher learning and organizations globally.

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Information about Our Accreditation

Tusculum College is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award baccalaureate and master's degrees. Contact the Commission on Colleges at 1866 Southern Lane, Decatur, Georgia 30033-4097 or call 404-679-4500 for questions about the accreditation of Tusculum College.

MISSION STATEMENT

Tusculum College provides a liberal arts education in a Judeo-Christian and civic arts environment.

OUR EXTRAORDINARY HISTORY

Founded in 1794, Tusculum College is the oldest college in Tennessee, the twenty-eighth oldest college in the nation, and the oldest coeducational institution affiliated with the Presbyterian Church (USA). The wooded 140-acre Tusculum College campus has eight buildings and the Tusculum Arch that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

NATIONALLY RECOGNIZED

Listed in the Templeton Foundation's 'Guide to Character Building Colleges'; selected by the Carnegie Foundation as a model institution for education that encourages effective citizenship; one of three colleges in the country to operate on a focused calendar, in which courses are scheduled one at a time; in 1994, embarked upon third century of producing educated, effective citizens.

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PSRJ = Problem-solving with Reflective Judgment

Tusculum College is re-visioning its approach to educating students!

Beginning in 2010 there will be greater institutional emphasis and support behind practices that are learner-centered and intended to develop students' ability to solve problems through the application of Reflective Judgment skills.

Reflective Judgment is recognizing the limits (uncertainty) of knowledge and yet being able to construct a resonable knowledge claim or solve a problem with a defensible solution, all while holding this view tentatively and recognizing that with better tools or a different perspective that the "truth" of the situation may change.

The process of developing this plan occurred over nearly 30 months and involved students, faculty and staff from across Tusculum's campus and sites.

The result is a plan to enhance student learning that is not only integrated with Tusculum's civic arts tradition, but also connected to research on effective educational practice. It will serve to meet the needs of our students who will face many challenges as citizen-leaders.