Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation History

TSAC was created by the Tennessee General Assembly in 1974 as a non-profit corporation with the merging of the Tennessee Educational Loan Corporation and the Tennessee Tuition Grant Program.

The Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation is Tennessee's designated federal guaranty agency* responsible for the administration of post secondary educational loan programs authorized by the Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, and further authorized by Tennessee Code Annotated Section 49-4-404. TSAC also administers other state and federal student assistance programs as authorized. TSAC is administered by a seventeen member Board of Directors. Its daily operation is managed by an Executive Director (CEO) and an administrative staff of 45. In addition, there are two FFEL Program service representatives located on-site.

A listing of the TSAC Board of Directors and its managing staff can be found under the 'Corporate Management' link. TSAC mailing address, phone numbers, and office hours can be found under the 'Hours, Phones, Addresses, etc.' link. E-mail addresses are located under the 'Email Addresses' link.

The Rules and Regulations governing TSAC, and the programs it administers, can be found under the 'Rules of Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation' link.

TSAC administrative offices are located at 404 James Robertson Parkway, Suite 1510, Nashville, TN. 37243-0820.

*A non-profit corporation designated by the US Department of Education to administer the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP).