UT President Randy Boyd says five myths are threatening the future of higher education

University of Tennessee President Randy Boyd told business and community leaders in Nashville that five myths are hindering the ability for institutions of higher learning to produce the workforce Tennessee needs.

Speaking at Monday’s Rotary Club of Nashville meeting, Boyd said these myths convince the public into believing enrollment is down, there’s a greater demand for trade jobs, tuition is rising faster than inflation, students are leaving college with a lot of debt, and that the University of Tennessee is unaffordable to most students.

Boyd says none of these beliefs are true in Tennesse...