The Tennessee stop is one of several appearances Obama will be making next week to lay out specific policy proposals that will be included in his State of the Union address.
In Tennessee, Obama and Biden will be joined by the vice presidents wife, Dr. Jill Biden. In addition to announcing a new college program, the White House said the president will highlight the administrations effort to act on its own to create new, good-paying manufacturing jobs.
The proposals to be announced next week will include some that will be sent to Congress and others that Obama plans to take on his own through executive actions.