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(The Center Square) â A joint legislative committee looking into the stateâs historic funding of Tennessee State University tabbed the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to plot out a plan to help the institution makeup for state funding issues throughout the years.
The Joint Land-Grant Institution Funding Study Committee spent the past year looking into what state funding had looked like in the past for Tennessee State, one of the stateâs two Land Grant Institutions, along with the University of Tennessee-Knoxville.
The committee came away with several conclusions, including the state had not fulfilled its obligations to match federal funds sent to Tennessee State for years, something that has been corrected over the past five fiscal years.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Tennessee State University and a new global campus based in Atlanta will work together with the Historically Black Colleges and Universities community to offer leadership.
Tennessee State, Apple partnership adds HBCU coding centers
December 15, 2020 GMT
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) Almost two dozen historically Black colleges and universities are becoming community coding centers through a partnership with Tennessee State University and Apple.
Apple and Tennessee State have been working together for the last two years to expand the initiative to bring coding and creativity experiences to all HBCUs and their communities, the university said Friday in a news release.
Tennessee State said its national coding hub is welcoming 23 new HBCUs as community centers, which means almost three dozen schools are now part of the initiative.
“This partnership with Apple will empower our HBCUs with the knowledge and skill sets now required for the technological workforce,” Tennessee State President Glenda Glover said. “Coding and app development are a growing part of the global workforce, and we want to help make sure people of color, especially our students, are