From the selection of chancellors to decisions during the COVID-19, the AAUP cites the damaging effects of subtle and overt political pressures.

The university system has borne the brunt of the state's enrollment decline, falling by 50,000 students over the past decade.

The three leaders all plan to remain on through the 2022-23 academic years, and two say they will return to teaching.

Hillsdale College is building a national charter school network. Tennessee invited the college to start 50 of them, using public funds.