Post by pavel on Mar 13, 2016 5:20:00 GMT -6
Anthony Joshua, who moved to Nashville from Madison, Wis., to attend Tennessee State University, says he’s worried his historically black institution could be in for serious change – for the worse.
Joshua, a senior majoring in therapeutic studies, enrolled here in part because it runs in the family, going back to his grandmother. He was among dozens of TSU students who packed the halls of the Legislative Plaza recently and filled up a House committee meeting room to oppose Gov. Bill Haslam’s FOCUS Act.
They say they believe it will undermine TSU by giving more preference to the University of Tennessee, even going so far as to say their university will become UT-Nashville and its status as a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) removed.
“TSU has been a longstanding source for black excellence throughout the years, actually over 100 years,” Joshua says. “It’s produced a lot of well-known alumni like Oprah Winfrey, Wilma Rudolph, and I feel like if they take away from us the community could be affected.”
Read more: www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2016/mar/10/higher-ed-shuffle-stokes-fears-of-ut-tsu-merger/
Joshua, a senior majoring in therapeutic studies, enrolled here in part because it runs in the family, going back to his grandmother. He was among dozens of TSU students who packed the halls of the Legislative Plaza recently and filled up a House committee meeting room to oppose Gov. Bill Haslam’s FOCUS Act.
They say they believe it will undermine TSU by giving more preference to the University of Tennessee, even going so far as to say their university will become UT-Nashville and its status as a Historically Black College and University (HBCU) removed.
“TSU has been a longstanding source for black excellence throughout the years, actually over 100 years,” Joshua says. “It’s produced a lot of well-known alumni like Oprah Winfrey, Wilma Rudolph, and I feel like if they take away from us the community could be affected.”
Read more: www.memphisdailynews.com/news/2016/mar/10/higher-ed-shuffle-stokes-fears-of-ut-tsu-merger/