Tennessee State University has reached an agreement with the state of Tennessee reallocates $96 million to support its operational needs.
TSU’s next round of cost-saving measures will be less painful than recent layoffs
Tennessee State University is announcing further cost-saving measures to keep from running out of money by the end of the school year. This comes after the school laid off more than 100 employees earlier this fall.
NashVillager Podcast: TSU’s downtown presence and the man who secured it
What does Tennessee State do with its downtown campus? Plus the local news for August 29, 2024.
Tennessee House kills bill that would have banned local officials from studying, funding reparations
Tennessee’s Republican-dominant House has spiked legislation that would have banned local governments from paying to study or dispense money for reparations for slavery. The move marked a rare defeat on a GOP-backed proposal initially introduced nearly one year ago.
Student reporter roundup
Today, we’re hosting a reporter roundup — student edition!
Human rights organizers gather in Nashville to discuss policing, labor rights and Palestine
More than a hundred human rights organizers from around the country, many wearing keffiyeh or other pro-Palestinian symbols, gathered at TSU’s downtown Avon Williams Campus for the thirteenth bi-annual Southern Human Rights Organizers’ Conference (SHROC).
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.
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