Academic Common Market
The Academic Common Market (ACM) was created in 1974 as a way to share specialized academic programs among Southern Regional Education Board states. Over 1,200 programs at the baccalaureate and higher degree levels in over 130 colleges and universities currently participate in the program.
The Southern Regional Education Board, with the cooperation of sixteen southern states, administers the Academic Common Market. The ACM participant states are Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia.
The
ACM allows residents of participating states to have a broader
range of educational opportunities at in-state tuition rates.
The
ACM has a three-fold purpose:
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Eliminates
unnecessary duplication among states, in that it is
impractical for any single state to develop or maintain
degree programs in every field of knowledge;
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Supports
existing degree programs that have the capacity to serve
additional students;
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Provides
access and encourages movement across state lines for
programs not available in a student's home state.
Examples
of popular ACM programs in other states: landscape architecture,
marine biology, meteorology, and occupational therapy.
For
more information about this program contact:
Tennessee Higher Education Commission
Academic Common Market Coordinator
Parkway Towers, Suite 1900
404 James Robertson Pkwy.
Nashville, TN 37243
(615) 741-3605
Fax: (615) 741-6230
email: ACM.Coordinator@state.tn.us |
