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TAICS & TPBSA Working For You!

WHO WE ARE:
The Tennessee Association of Independent Colleges and Schools (TAICS) and the Tennessee Proprietary Business School Association (TPBSA) are sister agencies representing Tennessee's schools with the legislature and regulatory entities critical to your success including the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation, the legislature, and accrediting commissions.

TAICS facilitates professional growth and development for private career colleges and schools and their students, faculty, and staff.

TPBSA advocates on behalf of career colleges and schools and their students, faculty, and staff. The President of TPBSA is on the Board of Directors of the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation and is the Government Relations Advisor for TAICS.

WHAT WE DO:
TAICS' Executive Director and Government Relations Advisor support or actively oppose legislation introduced annually in the state legislature. We protect your rights to operate your school in a businesslike manner.

We have worked for you most recently in the areas of computer training, massage therapy, and surgical technology. We continue to work toward getting our students eligible for HOPE scholarship dollars.

Our Associations, in conjunction with the Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development, working with the Business and Economic Research Center at Middle Tennessee State University, conducted an Economic Impact Study of the career college sector in Tennessee. The study was completed in February 2007. With your support it will go a long way in cementing our legitimacy with legislators and other public officials.

Mission Statement

The Mission of the Tennessee Association of Independent Colleges and Schools is to promote the common interests of its members.

To accomplish this Mission the goals of TAICS are to:

  • provide information to interested parties concerning vocational learning opportunities provided by member institutions;

  • respond to requests for information from print and broadcast media, from elected officials, and from other individuals or organizations who wish to know about the role of private career colleges in providing technical education and training at the post-secondary level;

  • monitor the activities of the Tennessee General Assembly and report to our members concerning the progress of specific legislative proposals which would affect the interests of our member institutions;

  • monitor activities of state and federal agencies as they develop and implement rules and regulations which may be of interest to member institutions;

  • formulate responses to notices of proposed rule making by these agencies and arrange testimony at public hearings where such rules are considered;

  • maintain a library of state and federal law and regulations affecting member institutions and their students;

  • analyze and disseminate this information to its members;

  • affiliate with other educational organizations for the purpose of gathering information;

  • support and encourage government and private providers of financial aid resources;

  • sponsor and arrange education and training opportunities for our members and other schools.

To implement these objectives, we publish a newsletter, maintain a web site, monitor legislation, attend and advise at THEC meetings, provide other correspondence and publications to benefit and promote private career colleges and schools, and plan quarterly workshops, an annual conference and a trade show.

TAICS Officers - 2007-2008

President
Brenda Sheppard, Director of Education
Kaplan Career Institute
750 Envious Lane
Nashville, TN 37212-9906
Tel: 615-279-8300 or 1-800-336-4457
Direct Line: 615-279-8321
Fax: 615-297-6678
Email: bsheppard@kaplan.edu

Secretary
C. Vicki Burch, President
West Tennessee Business College
1186 Highway 45 Bypass
Jackson, TN 38301
Tel: 731-668-7240 or 1-800-737-9822
Fax: 731-668-3824
Email: cvburch@wtbc.com

Vice-President
James B. Vernon, Ed.D.
Vice President for Operations
Daymar Colleges Group
Draughons Junior College
5030 Back Square Drive
Owensboro, KY 42301
Tel: 270-926-1188
Fax: 270-686-8912
Email: jvernon@daymargroup.com

Treasurer
Larry Collins, President
Remington College-Nashville
441 Donelson Pike, Suite 150
Nashville, TN 37214
Tel: 615-889-5520
Fax: 615-889-5528
Email: larry.collins@remingtoncollege.edu

TAICS Directors:

John McCurdy, President
North Central Institute
168 Jack Miller Blvd.
Clarksville, TN 37042-4810
Tel: 931-431-9700
Fax: 931-431-9771
Email: jmccurdy@nci.edu

Cyndee Perdue Moore, Regional Director of Operations
Tennessee Division
National College of Business and Technology
900 Madison Square
Nashville, TN 37115
Tel: 615-612-3015 x2315
Fax: 615-868-3818
Email: cpmoore@national-college.edu

Lori May, President
Remington College - Memphis Campus
2710 Nonconnah Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38132
Tel: 901-345-1000 Fax: 902-291-4200
Email: lori.may@remingtoncollege.edu

Tommy Stewart, Director
Concorde Career Institute
5100 Poplar Avenue, Suite 132
Memphis, TN 37137-0132
Tel: 901-761-9494
Fax: 902-761-3293
Email: tstewart@concorde.edu

Mark Gabis, CEO
Daymar Colleges Group
3361 Buckland Square
Owensboro, KY 42301
Tel: 270-485-6263
Fax: 270-686-8912
Email: mgabis@daymargroup.com

Affiliate Board Member:

Ron Gambill, President
Edsouth Funding
501 Corporate Center, Suite 320
Franklin, TN 37067
Tel: 615-771-8505 Fax: 615-771-8276
Email: rgambill@edsouth.org

TPBSA Officers - 2007-2008

TN Proprietary Business Schools Association, Inc.

President
Lori May, President
Remington College - Memphis Campus
2710 Nonconnah Blvd.
Memphis, TN 38132
Tel: 901-345-1000 Fax: 902-291-4200
Email: lori.may@remingtoncollege.edu

Treasurer
Larry Collins, President
Remington College-Nashville
441 Donelson Pike, Suite 150
Nashville, TN 37214
Tel: 615-889-5520
Fax: 615-889-5528
Email: larry.collins@remingtoncollege.edu

Secretary
C. Vicki Burch, President
West Tennessee Business College
1186 Highway 45 Bypass
Jackson, TN 38301
Tel: 731-668-7240 or 1-800-737-9822
Fax: 731-668-3824
Email: cvburch@wtbc.com

 

 

In This Section:

Who We Are

What We Do

Joint Economic Impact Study

Economic Study Goals

Officers

Accreditation

Financial Aid