The historic underfunding of Tennessee State University, and what comes next
On Monday, Jan. 16, Tennessee State University announced its plans to spend a $250 million lump sum from the state on improvements to its campus. The money comes after the bipartisan Joint Land-Grant Institution Funding Study Committee found that between 1956 and 2006, the state of Tennessee underfunded Tennessee State University by as much as $544 million. The state's other land-grant school, the University of Tennessee, was fully funded over this period.
We explore how this infusion of money will be used at TSU, and look at the history of how this underfunding came to light.
But first, we…
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