Nashville City Paper notes the record enrollment at Belmont University.

Belmont University is one of a handful of private universities in Tennessee that are participating in a plan that allows future college students and their families to lock in future college tuition at current rates – and even at a small discount. The private universities are participating in the ”Independent 529 Plan” put together by the Tuition Plan Consortium of more than 200 private, or independent, colleges and universities, reports today’s Tennessean.
The plan is named for Section 529 of the IRS regulations, which govern prepaid tuition programs. Belmont University President Bob Fisher says the Independent 529 Plan will help future students and their parents ot ”plan further ahead and think about (paying for college) and provide the resources to back it up.”

Belmont University’s record enrollment gets noticed by Nashville Business Journal. After the NBJ story was published, Belmont released the latest count – more than 3,660 students have enrolled for the fall semester.

The Nashville Scene reports on Belmont University seeking to host one of next year’s Presidential Debates – and explains why Belmont University President Dr. Robert Fisher thinks it’s good for Nashville to have two universities seeking to host a debate.

Michael J. Stabile, M.D., an anesthesiologist with Anesthesia Medical Group, and a recent graduate of the MBA program at the Jack C. Massey Graduate School of Business, has written an op-ed on medical malpractice and why the healthcare system itself is to blame, published today in the Nashville City Paper. The piece draws on Stabile’s background as an anesthesiologist and his Massey MBA management education.