Daily News on Historically Black Colleges and Universities
South Carolina State University Trustees were informed yesterday that the school faces a $4 million shortfall, with plans to reduce the projected deficit including job terminations and potentially a move from its NCAA Division I membership. Officials attributed losses to enrollment dropping by 500 students, and a $750,000 revenue drop in the school’s dining hall. [...]
The State of Tennessee yesterday appealed a judgment clearing the way for Fisk University to sell a stake in a bequeathed art collection. Now headed to the state Supreme Court, Fisk asserts that sale of the Georgia O’Keefe collection, valued at more than $30 million, will bring needed revenue to the school and help avoid [...]
A state audit of Grambling State University’s 2010-11 filings revealed more than $1 million in unaccounted movable property and a number of payroll tax issues, but GSU’s president says new hires and improved accounting systems have dramatically improved the university’s fiscal status. Grambling President Frank Pogue told the Monroe News Star that accountability has increased [...]
Congress last week passed legislation to maintain the federal Pell Grant program, which assists thousands of HBCU students annually with managing college costs. But new rules on income eligibility and the amount of years the grant will be available for undergraduate studies may still put a financial squeeze on some students.
Southern University yesterday released its detailed reorganization plan, with outlines for the elimination of about 35 faculty members and cuts in staff positions.
Pending approval by the UNC Board of Governors, a trustee-approved plan for tuition and fee increases at Fayetteville State will go into affect in fall 2012. School officials say that the increases will increase available scholarship funds, class offerings, technology improvements and extending library hours.
South Carolina State University’s Board of Trustees is considering a review of spending and reimbursements for its recently retired vice president, John Smalls. The board says the potential review is not tied to any alleged impropriety, but to ensure an effective transition for Smalls’ replacement.
Fayetteville State University students could pay up to 12.9 percent more in tuition and fees next year under a proposal being considered by school officials. The plan, which was discussed at a forum on campus Tuesday, calls for undergraduate students who are residents of North Carolina to pay $689 more in the 2012-13 school year [...]
A federal jury in the trial of a Rainbow City man continues to hear witnesses outline how he used his position connected to several Alabama universities to get millions of taxpayer dollars. Maurice William Campbell Jr. faces a 96-count federal indictment including fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy charges. Campbell denies the charges. via Trial of [...]
The state commissioner of higher education defended Southern University declaring a financial emergency and also discussed the evolving future of Louisiana’s colleges on Wednesday at LSU as part of his ongoing statewide listening tour. Commissioner Jim Purcell, who moved to Baton Rouge earlier this year, said Southern declared the emergency, called financial exigency, in the [...]
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