Six esteemed Tennesseans have pledged $500,000 each to endow four-year undergraduate scholarships at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville’s Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs. Demonstrating a commitment to investing in UT students and strengthening civic health, the Baker Scholars program aims to attract and educate a new generation of leaders who […]
If you are registered to vote in Knox County, you can vote early at the Baker School from Monday, October 28 to Thursday, October 31. See below for each day’s times. 10|28 9am-6pm 10|29 9am-6pm 10|30 8am-8pm 10|31 9am-6pm Please note that on election day, November 5, you must vote in person at your assigned […]
For over a decade, the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy conducted energy and environmental policy research, informing policy on issues that were passions for Senator Baker. When the Center became the Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) in 2023, the former Energy and Environment Program […]
KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE – The Howard H. Baker Jr. School of Public Policy and Public Affairs (Baker School) and the Haslam College of Business (Haslam) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, welcomed a pair of national pundits – Michael Strain and Matthew Yglesias — to discuss economics and the 2024 Presidential Election on September 25. The […]
While political polarization is most visible in Congress, it affects the branches of the federal government in different ways. In this wide-ranging episode, our hosts, former Tennessee Governors Phil Bredesen and Bill Haslam speak with Anthony Foxx, former Secretary of Transportation under President Obama, and Margaret Spellings, former Secretary of Education under President Bush, about […]