Reporting Units

The Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFROTC) at the University of Tennessee is a leadership development and Air Force or Space Force commissioning program. Cadets pursue their education, refining their talents and skills academically, while also committing to the Air Force core values, the AFROTC honor code, and the pursuit of an Air or Space Force commission. UT’s AFROTC cadets have a solid foundation and sense of pride in their heritage as students and as members of a long line of Volunteers who have gone before them and served their country with honor, dignity, and pride.

Army Reserve Officer Training Corps (ROTC) is an educational program designed to provide the college student an opportunity to earn an army commission as a second lieutenant while completing the university requirements for a bachelor’s degree. The program provides leadership training that will develop the skills and attitudes vital to the professional army officer. Upon successful completion of the program and graduation from the university, ROTC cadets are commissioned as second lieutenants and enter either the active Army, Army Reserve, or Army National Guard component.

Institutional Effectiveness (IE) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, supports the university’s commitment to continuous improvement and accountability. The unit ensures compliance with accreditation standards set by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), the U.S. Department of Education, and other regulatory bodies. IE also oversees programmatic accreditation and leads efforts to assess student learning outcomes, conduct regular academic program reviews, and administer end-of-course evaluations each term.

The mission of Institutional Research and Strategic Analysis (IRSA) is to foster a culture of evidence and continuous improvement by providing accurate and timely data and information to university administrators, departments, and faculty to inform their decision-making. IRSA also supplies data for federal and state mandated reporting and external publications.

The McClung Museum of Natural History and Culture is an academic museum on the UT campus.  The museum serves the university and communities connected to Tennessee with onsite exhibitions, virtual instruction and collection-based research in both natural history and culture. The McClung houses four distinct collections: archaeology, malacology, paleoethnobotany, and arts and culture, providing research and teaching opportunities for UT students and staff. In addition, the McClung provides onsite, offsite, and virtual instruction for thousands of local K-12 school children each year in collaboration with Knox County and other neighboring school systems.

The Thornton Athletics Student Life Center is a state-of-the-art facility that houses comprehensive academic and career development services for over 500 student-athletes. The staff of the Thornton Center is committed to helping each student-athlete realize their full academic potential from the start of the recruitment process through the development of individualized graduation plans. The center offers academic counseling services, proactive one-on-one mentoring and tutoring programs, career, professional, and leadership development programming, and community engagement opportunities.