Lawmakers To Delve Into TSU Grade-Fixing Allegation

Officials from Tennessee State University will appear before state lawmakers Monday over allegations of grade-fixing. Some officials worry the fallout could be a blow to TSU’s reputation.

Administrators are accused of changing hundreds of incomplete math grades to ‘C’s, but have argued they were following a new state policy.

Faculty Senate member Mary Shelton worries the grade-fixing allegations are a distraction for the historically black college. Shelton says officials would rather spend time broadening the school’s brand to reflect its increasingly diverse student body.

“It’s people from all over: I have a lot of students from… Somali students and Kurdish students. So our brand is still the same thing about offering opportunities to people from situations that they may not have the skills. It’s just that it’s kind of a hard brand to have”

Right now TSU is also in the midst of trying to recruit a new president. Interim President Portia Shields is expected to speak to lawmakers at 1 o’clock Monday.

PDF of the agenda here.

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