Tennessee’s Senate passed a bill today that would put the state’s higher education commission in charge of Tennessee State University if its board of trustees sunsets this summer. Sen. Jon Lundberg, R-Bristol, who sponsored the bill, said he hopes it is never used.
Republican lawmakers are poised to get rid of TSU’s current board. The school is asking for more time to address their concerns.
As soon as this week, Tennessee’s Senate could vote to vacate Tennessee State University’s governing body. The school’s board of trustees is set to expire this summer. But instead of letting it lapse, this bill would remove all current trustees, allow the governor to replace most of them and extend the body’s authority for two […]
Republican lawmakers propose dissolving governing body of Tennessee’s only public historically Black university
A proposal would transfer authority of TSU to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission until a new board is appointed.
‘We’ve been cheated’: TSU students escalate their calls for the state to make up for $2.1B in underfunding
A prominent civil rights attorney has met with TSU leaders about how to address an estimated $2.1 billion in underfunding from the state. Ben Crump says students have legal pathways to obtain the money if negotiations with legislators don’t work out.
How Tennessee officials are responding to TSU’s call to make up for $2.1 billion in underfunding
Tennessee State University’s president says she wants the state pay the school back for the $2.1 billion it was shorted in recent decades. A federal analysis released last week shows that TSU was the most underfunded of any historically Black public land grant institution in the country.
Tennessee shorted TSU by more than $2B according to analysis from the Biden administration
Tennessee State University received $2.1 billion dollars less than it should have between 1987 and 2020, according to a federal analysis.
TSU President Glenda Glover to retire after more than a decade leading the school
Under Dr. Glenda Glover’s leadership, the historically Black university has attracted more grant money and boosted enrollment to record levels.
TSU is getting even cooler. Say hello to the nation’s first HBCU ice hockey team.
Tennessee State University has officially scored the first hockey team at a historically Black college or university.
Oprah Winfrey tells Tennessee State University graduates to fight cynicism with hope
Oprah Winfrey returned to her alma mater, Tennessee State University, as the commencement speaker for the class of 2023 on Saturday. The media mogul and philanthropist spoke to the over 800 undergraduates who were receiving degrees from the historically Black university.
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