The Middle Tennessee Board of Trustees took initial actions Wednesday, Dec. 3, to create new graduate degree programs in Health Care Administration as well as Film and Television.

Trustees unanimously approved consideration of a Master of Health Care Administration, or MHA degree, in the Jennings A. Jones College of Business, the first regulatory step necessary in the process.

Trustee Michael Wade, chair of the board’s Academic Affairs, Student Life, and Athletics Committee, said data and industry support letters demonstrate high demand for health care administrators.

The MHA proposal may now be developed for consideration by the campus community and staff at the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, and, if approved, returned to the trustees for a final vote.

The board granted its fi

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