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Higher Education

Metro leaders seek to renovate Antioch’s neglected mall into a health care facility and hub for residents

Damon Mitchell

March 24, 2022

The development would come with an upfront price tag of $44 million.

Filed Under: Health Care, Metro, WPLN News Tagged With: economy, Hickory Hollow Mall, Higher Education, jobs, Labor, Nashville State Community College

At neglected TSU campus, students want a greater say over incoming funds

Damon Mitchell

March 17, 2022

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They’re pushing for better faculty pay and funding to make the campus safe for students went disabilities.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: HBCU, Higher Education, Tennessee State University, TSU

TSU is set to receive $250 million under Gov. Lee’s funding proposal. Now lawmakers want a way to track how the money is spent.

Damon Mitchell

March 11, 2022

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Tennessee State University has more than $300 million dollars in deferred maintenance needs.

Filed Under: Education, Politics, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: HBCU, Higher Education, Tennessee Legislature, Tennessee State University, TSU

Gov. Lee proposes $250 million for infrastructure projects at TSU, following decades of underfunding

Damon MitchellandBlaise Gainey

February 3, 2022

Last year, a report from the Tennessee Office of Legislative Budget Analysis showed that Tennessee State University could be owed nearly a half-billion dollars.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: HBCU, Higher Education, Tennessee State University

Biden’s latest student loan repayment pause grants temporary relief to Tennesseeans

Juliana Kim

December 28, 2021

Tennessee students say they’re breathing a sigh of relief, since President Biden announced student loan repayment will be paused until May 2022.

Filed Under: Education, WPLN News Tagged With: college, Higher Education, student loans

As Nashville’s Latino population grows, so do the efforts to boost representation on college campuses

Damon Mitchell

November 16, 2021

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In the past five years, Belmont University has grown its Latino population from under 400 to over 600 students. This fall, nearly 10% of Lipscomb’s undergraduate students identify as Latino.

Filed Under: Education, Race & Equity, WPLN News Tagged With: Belmont University, Education, Higher Education, Latino, Lipscomb University, undocumented students

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