A University of Tennessee academic committee has approved the creation of a College of Education at UTC.
The College of Education will merge two existing departments, the Teacher Preparation Academy and the Graduate Studies Division with the School of Education at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
The full UT board is expected to take up the proposal this afternoon.
UTC officials said the move will help address administrative costs and improve the college’s ability to attract donors.
“This will help us with fundraising and getting grants for people,” UTC Chancellor Roger Brown said. “People are used to seeing Colleges of Education. I don’t know why it was ever split.”