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The Kept-Up Academic Librarian (Free subscription) | 12/02/2009
Gov. Haley Barbour's proposal to merge Mississippi's three public historically black universities is sparking debate over its racial undertones and raising questions over the state's funding of those colleges. Barbour has proposed combining the smaller Mississippi Valley State and Alcorn...
MultiCultClassics (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
From USA TODAY… Plan to merge black colleges meets with ire By Elizabeth Crisp, The (Jackson) Clarion-Ledger JACKSON, Miss — Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to merge Mississippi’s three public historically black universities is sparking debate over its racial undertones and raising questions over the state’s funding of those colleges. Barbour has proposed combining the...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
Union leader Brenda Scott worries some current state workers will be shoved into the unemployment line if Mississippi legislators adopt Gov. Haley Barbour's proposed budget.
Terra Sigillata (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Last Monday, Governor Haley Barbour of Mississippi dropped a bombshell in his new budget proposal. From the Jackson Free Press : In his Nov. 16 budget proposal, Barbour announced that the state was facing a $715 million budget shortfall in fiscal year 2011 and another $500 million shortage in fiscal year 2012. In addition to merging the state's HBCUs, he suggested many draconian budget cuts in response...
MSNBC.com (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past.
The Debate Link (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
A big part of Mississippi Governor Haley Barbour's (R- Wildly Corrupt ) budget plan involves closing down a bunch of HBCUs, consolidating them with Jackson State University. Leaders of the schools facing merger are strongly opposed to the idea. See the Field Negro for more. He observes: "And here I thought republicans wanted blacks to be educated. Why doesn't he merge Southern Mississippi into...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
JACKSON, Miss. -- Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Gov. Haley Barbour's plan to merge Mississippi's three historically black universities has created a tense atmosphere in a state saddled with a violent civil rights past and a decades-long legal battle over the historic underfunding of those schools.
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Governor Haley Barbour hit the Mississippi politician superfecta: he's proposed something that is at once racist, sexist, classist, and bad for education. Barbour's proposed budget would merge the state's three public historically black colleges into one public historically black college.
Valleywag (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Governor Haley Barbour hit the Mississippi politician superfecta: he's proposed something that is at once racist, sexist, classist, and bad for education. Barbour's proposed budget would merge the...
It's My Mind (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
This is news! Alcorn State and Jackson State Universities are rather well known HBCUs. Can't really say that about Mississippi Valley State (MSVU), the only thing I know about that school is that I have two relatives as alumnus from that school. This almost reminds me of a story out of Georgia , where the state government there wanted to merge public HBCUs not with other public HBCUs, but with other...
Booker Rising (Free subscription) | 11/18/2009
Merger Proposal In Mississippi: Threat To HBCUs? Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour yesterday proposed combining the state's three public black colleges into one of the institutions, Jackson State University (hat tip: BlackElectorate.com ). While Barbour said that campuses would continue to exist at what are now Alcorn State University and Mississippi Valley State University, the proposal marks the most...
Miami Herald (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told lawmakers Thursday he wants more power to reduce state spending when times are tough.
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 11/05/2009
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour told lawmakers Thursday he wants more power to reduce state spending when times are tough.
Tuscaloosanews.com (Free subscription) | 10/27/2009
BAY MINETTE | Alabama Gov. Bob Riley, Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour and Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal announced the launch of the Aerospace Alliance before hundreds of supporters at Faulkner State Community College in Bay Minette on Monday. The alliance is designed to create an aerospace and aviation corridor from Panama City, Fla., to...
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