Tracy Robinson serves as Director of Innovative Academic Initiatives at the University of Memphis coordinating credit for prior learning and directing the Finish Line Program, a degree completion initiative that re-recruits students who earned at least 90 credit hours but left before earning their degree. Under her leadership, the Finish Line Program has been recognized for numerous awards including the Outstanding Advising Program by the National Academic Advising Association and has graduated over 700 students over the past seven years. During the last academic year, the Experiential Learning Credit Program which allows students to outline their outside learning experiences in a portfolio has assisted over 550 students who earned more than 7,000 credit hours and saved time toward their degree completions and almost $2 million.
Tracy has received two Veteran Reconnect Grants from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to enhance prior learning pathways for military connected student and serves on the THEC Veteran Prior Learning taskforce.

She currently serves on the conference planning committee with the Council on Adult and Experiential Learning (CAEL) and was selected as a Complete College America Fellow in 2018. Prior to her current role, Ms. Robinson served as an instructor and academic advisor and was awarded the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Advisor award in 2010. She is a proud alum of the University of Memphis earning her Master of Science in Family and Consumer Studies and considers it a privilege to work with students as they navigate their path to graduation.

In 2017, Ms. Robinson received a Veteran Reconnect Grant from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to enhance prior learning pathways for military connected students. She also serves on the THEC Veteran Prior Learning taskforce. Prior to her current role, Ms. Robinson served as an instructor and academic advisor. She was selected as the Alumni Association’s Distinguished Advisor in 2010. She is a proud alum of the University of Memphis earning her Master of Science in Family and Consumer Studies and considers it a privilege to work with students as they navigate their path to graduation.