The Technical College System of Georgia (TCSG), formerly known as the Department of Technical and Adult Education (DTAE), is the State of Georgia Government Agency which supervises the U.S. state of Georgia's 22 technical colleges, while also surveying the adult literacy program and economic and workforce development programs. The system operates the Georgia Virtual Technical Connection, a clearinghouse for online technical courses. The TCSG serves the people and the state by creating a system of technical education whose purpose is to use the latest technology and easy access for all adult Georgians and corporate citizens.
The Technical College System and the University System of Georgia (USG) are completely separate agencies and work entirely independently of each other, except for certain cooperative efforts. Some core courses are transferable between the two, though this was made more difficult when the USG moved to the semester system in 1997, while the TCSG remained on the quarter system. The TCSG changed to the semester system in Fall 2011. The TCSG worked with the state budget office to minimize the economic impact of the conversion, believing a move is in the best interests of TCSG students.
In 2008, the question of merging some schools arose. The first such merger was that of Georgia Aviation Technical College in Eastman into the USG's Middle Georgia College (now known as Middle Georgia State University) in 2007, effective July 1. In September 2008, the State Board of Technical and Adult Education voted to merge thirteen colleges into six. The board stated that the mergers only affect the administrative functions of the colleges.
When the University System of Georgia mandated semesters in 1998, enrollment fell by several thousand students, and those that remained took fewer courses, causing budget shortfalls which the state legislature had to make up for.. Gainesvilletimes.com (2010-07-13). Retrieved on 2013-09-27.
List of technical colleges Source:
Institution Main Campus Location Founded President Enrollment (AY 2025) Additional Locations Counties ServedAlbany Technical CollegeAlbany 1961 Emmett Griswold 4,021N/A Baker, Calhoun, Clay, Dougherty, Lee, Randolph, TerrellAthens Technical CollegeAthens 1958 Andrea Daniel 5,971 Elberton, Monroe Clarke, Elbert, Greene, Hart, Madison, Morgan, Oconee, Oglethorpe, Taliaferro, Walton, WilkesAtlanta Technical CollegeAtlanta 1945 Victoria Seals 6,666N/A Clayton, Fulton (South and Central)Augusta Technical CollegeAugusta 1961 Kendricks Hooker 6,335 Grovetown, Summerville, Thomson, Waynesboro Burke, Columbia, Lincoln, McDuffie, RichmondCentral Georgia Technical CollegeWarner Robins 2013 Ivan H. Allen 16,003 Eatonton, Hawkinsville, Gray, Forsyth, Fort Valley, Jeffersonville, Macon, Milledgeville, Roberta Bibb, Crawford, Dooly, Houston, Jones, Monroe, Peach, Pulaski, Putnam, TwiggsChattahoochee Technical CollegeMarietta 2009 Heather Pence 15,951 Acworth, Austell, Canton, Dallas, Jasper, Woodstock Bartow, Cherokee, Cobb, Gilmer, Paulding, PickensCoastal Pines Technical CollegeWaycross 2014 Lonnie Roberts 6,065 Alma, Baxley, Brunswick, Hazlehurst, Jesup, Kingsland Appling, Bacon, Brantley, Camden, Charlton, Clinch, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Long, McIntosh, Pierce, Ware, WayneColumbus Technical CollegeColumbus 1961 Martha Ann Todd 5,049N/A Chattahoochee, Harris, Muscogee, Quitman, Stewart, TalbotGeorgia Northwestern Technical CollegeRome 2009 Heidi Popham 9,342 Calhoun, Dalton, Ringgold, Rock Spring, Rockmart Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Murray, Polk, Walker, WhitfieldGeorgia Piedmont Technical CollegeClarkston 1961 Tavarez Holston 4,609 Conyers, Covington DeKalb, Newton, RockdaleGwinnett Technical CollegeLawrenceville 1984 D. Glen Cannon 15,689 Alpharetta Fulton (North), GwinnettLanier Technical CollegeGainesville 1966 Tim McDonald 9,249 Commerce, Cumming, Dawsonville, Winder Banks, Barrow, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Jackson, LumpkinNorth Georgia Technical CollegeClarkesville 1944 John Wilkinson 3,643 Blairsville, Toccoa Fannin, Franklin, Habersham, Rabun, Stephens, Towns, Union, WhiteOconee Fall Line Technical CollegeSandersville 2011 Erica Harden 3,091 Dublin, Louisville Bleckley, Dodge, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Laurens, Telfair, Washington, Wheeler, WilkinsonOgeechee Technical CollegeStatesboro 1986 Lori S. Durden 3,210 Hagan, Sylvania Bulloch, Evans, ScrevenSavannah Technical CollegeSavannah 1929 Ryan Foley 5,801 Hinesville, Rincon Bryan, Chatham, Effingham, LibertySouth Georgia Technical CollegeAmericus 1948 John Watford 2,632 Cordele Crisp, Macon, Marion, Schley, Sumter, Taylor, WebsterSoutheastern Technical CollegeVidalia 2009 Larry Calhoun 2,627 Swainsboro Candler, Emanuel, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Tattnall, Toombs, TreutlenSouthern Crescent Technical CollegeGriffin 2010 Irvin Clark 9,330 Jackson, McDonough, Monticello, Peachtree City, Thomaston Butts, Fayette, Henry, Jasper, Lamar, Pike, Spalding, Upson Southern Regional Technical CollegeThomasville 2015 Jim Glass 7,443 Ashburn, Bainbridge, Blakely, Cairo, Camilla, Colquitt, Donalsonville, Moultrie, Sylvester, Tifton Colquitt, Decatur, Early, Grady, Miller, Mitchell, Seminole, Thomas, Tift, Turner, WorthWest Georgia Technical CollegeWaco 2009 Julie Post 9,896 Carrollton, Douglasville, Franklin, Greenville, LaGrange, Newnan Carroll, Coweta, Douglas, Haralson, Meriwether, TroupWiregrass Georgia Technical CollegeValdosta 2010 DeAnnia Clements 6,657 Douglas, Fitzgerald, Sparks Atkinson, Ben Hill, Berrien, Brooks, Cook, Coffee, Echols, Irwin, Lanier, Lowndes, Wilcox
Notes
Defunct institutions These institutions were formerly independent units of the TCSG; however, they were merged with other institutions, with most of the mergers occurring during the Technical College System consolidation of 2009.(2009) "Technical College System of Georgia Announces Mergers,"Georgia Library Quarterly: Vol. 46 : Iss. 4, Article 7. Available at: https://digitalcommons.kennesaw.edu/glq/vol46/iss4/7
Institution Main Campus Location Founded Defunct Notes Altamaha Technical College Jesup 1989 2014 Consolidated with Okefenokee Technical College and renamed Coastal Pines Technical College Appalachian Technical College Jasper 1967 2009 Consolidated with Chattahoochee Technical College East Central Technical College Fitzgerald 1970 2010 Consolidated with Valdosta Technical College and renamed Wiregrass Georgia Technical College Flint River Technical College Thomaston 1961 2010 Consolidated with Griffin Technical College and renamed Southern Crescent Technical College Georgia Aviation Technical College Eastman 1996 2007 Consolidated with Middle Georgia College (now Middle Georgia State University) as its aviation campus Heart of Georgia Technical College Dublin 1984 2011 Consolidated with Sandersville Technical College and renamed Oconee Fall Line Technical College Middle Georgia Technical College Warner Robins 1973 2013 Consolidated with Central Georgia Technical College Moultrie Technical College Moultrie 1964 2016 Consolidated with Southwest Georgia Technical College and renamed Southern Regional Technical College North Metro Technical College Acworth 1985 2009 Consolidated with Chattahoochee Technical College Northwestern Technical College Rock Spring 1966 2009 Consolidated with Coosa Valley Technical College and renamed Georgia Northwestern Technical College Swainsboro Technical College Swainsboro 1963 2009 Consolidated with Southeastern Technical College West Central Technical College Waco 1968 2009 Consolidated with West Georgia Technical College
References
External links
Map of the Service Areas of TCSG institutions (including Primary Campus locations)
Former and Inactive Campaigns [TCSGSemester411(.com) - Information regarding the TCSG's quarter to semester conversion (no longer active)]