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.
Gov. Lee pitches $1B more for education in his State of the State
Gov. Bill Lee is proposing a nearly $53 billion budget for the upcoming fiscal year. This includes major changes to how the state funds education as well as earmarking money for law enforcement and infrastructure.
Nashville education advocates want the state to pay its half-billion dollar tab to TSU, with no strings attached
The Education Trust in Tennessee says decisions on how to spend the money should be left up to TSU students, faculty, staff and alumni.
It rained on their parade, but Tennessee State University fans still showed up for homecoming festivities
Jefferson Street was filled with dancers, marching bands, umbrellas and ponchos, as Tennessee State University fans braved the rain for the annual homecoming parade Saturday.
How decades of underfunding harms TSU students and hurts graduation rates
Tennessee State University is the state’s only public historically Black college. The university also has the lowest Black student completion rate of any public four-year university in the state.
Nash In The Know: Who Is Buying All These Expensive New Homes — And What Does That Mean For Renters?
The average homebuyer in the Nashville area is around 40 years old and the median household income is $92,691. But rising incomes is just one of the factors making housing more expensive for buyers and renters.
Education Officials Propose Plan To Make Up For Years Of Underfunding At TSU
Tennessee lawmakers are now one step closer to making up for past funding issues with the state’s only public historically Black college, Tennessee State University. The state may have shorted the college upwards of $500 million.
TSU Using COVID Relief Funding For $100 Vaccine Incentives
Tennessee Republicans banned public universities from requiring COVID shots. But one is at least offering cash incentives to improve the campus vaccination rate.
Remembering TSU President Fred Humphries And His Role In Saving The State’s Only Public HBCU
A former president of Tennessee State University is being laid to rest Monday. Dr. Fred Humphries is credited as a key figure in the effort to prevent the state’s only historically black public university from being dissolved.
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