Abuelita graduated from Tougaloo in the early 60s
imagine being a foreign student and your first experience in the US is in Jim Crow Mississippi
MS state senator introduces bill to close 3 public colleges
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imagine being a foreign student and your first experience in the US is in Jim Crow Mississippi
The way this state hinders Alcorn and JSU now is paradoxical.
Alcorn has the peace and quiet for study and safety but is infrastructurally land locked. Interest is not an issue which is why for a public institution in MS Alcorn has an acceptance rate in the 30% range. Capacity is our issue because of lack of infrastructure on the campus and around it. We don't have anywhere to put anyone and renovations are required for what we do have.
JSU has capacity and infrastructure freedom but the state purposely makes the environment around it inhospitable i.e. the Jackson water situation, the poor roads, and the crime.
All of these things are done purposely in this state.
MVSU's situation is more complicated and very hard to deal with.
GoAggieGo.
getting blitzed.
Kind of off topic, and adding a little humor to the thread, but I got a good laugh out of some of my friends from back home that went to Southern Miss, trying to lowkey say it was a HBCU 
As an HBCU grad, all I could do is laugh then tell ‘em nah lol.
@MostReal @Chip Skylark
As an HBCU grad, all I could do is laugh then tell ‘em nah lol.
@MostReal @Chip Skylark
GoAggieGo.
getting blitzed.
I know it had to be a culture shock for her. Big ups to your abuelita for pushing through and graduating.Abuelita graduated from Tougaloo in the early 60s
imagine being a foreign student and your first experience in the US is in Jim Crow Mississippi
Kind of off topic, and adding a little humor to the thread, but I got a good laugh out of some of my friends from back home that went to Southern Miss, trying to lowkey say it was a HBCU
As an HBCU grad, all I could do is laugh then tell ‘em nah lol.
@MostReal @Chip Skylark
In the burg? Hell naw
I graduated from Tougaloo but spent A LOT of time at JSU fukking offAin’t no way they’re serious about that
DrBanneker
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Kind of off topic, and adding a little humor to the thread, but I got a good laugh out of some of my friends from back home that went to Southern Miss, trying to lowkey say it was a HBCU
As an HBCU grad, all I could do is laugh then tell ‘em nah lol.
@MostReal @Chip Skylark
Lol when @Originalman still posted he represents Southern Miss as the best PWI in MS for Black folk though
GoAggieGo.
getting blitzed.
I forgot big bruh did go to Southern Miss. Hopefully, he and his fam doing well.
Southern Miss and South Alabama is where the average kid from the coast went. If you had some money, Ole Miss it was. Most the brehs and brehettes on the coast went to JSU or Southern Miss. Honestly, if I stayed in the state, it would’ve been Alcorn due to their engineering, or Miss State.
I did not know Alcorn State was in Mississippi. I thought that shyt was in Arkansas for some reason.
Cause when I was living in Memphis seems like all the Arkansas nikkas loved Steve McNair. So I assumed Alcorn State was over there.
And Mississippi nikkas exclusively big up Jackson State. No mention of Alcorn State so I didn’t know it was down there too.
DrBanneker
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Lol, maybe you were thinking U. Arkansas Pine Bluff
McNair was loved all over the SWAC like that, north MS cats really rock more with Jackson State because of that game in Memphis. South West region is more Alcorn heavy.Cause when I was living in Memphis seems like all the Arkansas nikkas loved Steve McNair. So I assumed Alcorn State was over there.
And Mississippi nikkas exclusively big up Jackson State. No mention of Alcorn State so I didn’t know it was down there too.
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Proposed changes to how the state funds its eight public universities could harm historically Black institutions, some lawmakers said.
The funding formula updates, which legislators discussed with higher education officials in December, would tie state money to post-graduation student success such as the number of Mississippians attaining jobs and completing some form of education beyond high school.
A delegation of Black lawmakers said that factoring graduation rates, post-graduation employment and degrees awarded by universities into their allotted funding would unfairly penalize historically Black colleges and universities for challenges tied to decades of underfunding.
Black lawmakers spoke about the funding formula to a standing-room-only crowd of more than 160 alumni and supporters at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in Jackson on Monday. The goal of the event, organized by Jackson Democrats Sen. Sollie Norwood and Rep. Grace Butler Washington was to educate and warn HBCU stakeholders about proposals the state Legislature is considering this session.
It was also a rally to encourage supporters to stay engaged.
“We need to be cautious as we proceed forward,” said Rep. Bryant Clark, a Democrat from Pickens and a 1998 graduate of Mississippi Valley State.
The Board of Trustees for the Institutions of Higher Learning, which oversee the state’s public universities, uses a formula that equally distributes funding across the eight universities without factoring in performance or enrollment.
HBCUs serve many students who lack resources and face more barriers to completing higher education. More than three quarters of the undergraduate student body at Mississippi’s three public HBCUs rely on Pell Grants — federal student aid provided to students who demonstrate exceptional financial need — to attend. By comparison, Pell Grant recipients make up about half of the student enrollment at only two of the state’s predominantly white institutions — Mississippi University for Women (56%) and University of Southern Mississippi (52%).
The proposed funding formula success metrics could lead to closing Mississippi Valley State, Clark said.
Valley State’s average six-year graduation rate is 27%, the lowest of Mississippi’s public institutions, according to IHL data. MVSU awarded 242 degrees in the 2023-24 academic year, the lowest among the state’s public universities, even similarly sized ones.
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Black lawmakers warn constituents that proposed funding formula changes could hurt Mississippi’s HBCUs
01/14/25Proposed changes to how the state funds its eight public universities could harm historically Black institutions, some lawmakers said.
The funding formula updates, which legislators discussed with higher education officials in December, would tie state money to post-graduation student success such as the number of Mississippians attaining jobs and completing some form of education beyond high school.
A delegation of Black lawmakers said that factoring graduation rates, post-graduation employment and degrees awarded by universities into their allotted funding would unfairly penalize historically Black colleges and universities for challenges tied to decades of underfunding.
Black lawmakers spoke about the funding formula to a standing-room-only crowd of more than 160 alumni and supporters at Mt. Nebo Baptist Church in Jackson on Monday. The goal of the event, organized by Jackson Democrats Sen. Sollie Norwood and Rep. Grace Butler Washington was to educate and warn HBCU stakeholders about proposals the state Legislature is considering this session.
It was also a rally to encourage supporters to stay engaged.
“We need to be cautious as we proceed forward,” said Rep. Bryant Clark, a Democrat from Pickens and a 1998 graduate of Mississippi Valley State.
The Board of Trustees for the Institutions of Higher Learning, which oversee the state’s public universities, uses a formula that equally distributes funding across the eight universities without factoring in performance or enrollment.
HBCUs serve many students who lack resources and face more barriers to completing higher education. More than three quarters of the undergraduate student body at Mississippi’s three public HBCUs rely on Pell Grants — federal student aid provided to students who demonstrate exceptional financial need — to attend. By comparison, Pell Grant recipients make up about half of the student enrollment at only two of the state’s predominantly white institutions — Mississippi University for Women (56%) and University of Southern Mississippi (52%).
The proposed funding formula success metrics could lead to closing Mississippi Valley State, Clark said.
Valley State’s average six-year graduation rate is 27%, the lowest of Mississippi’s public institutions, according to IHL data. MVSU awarded 242 degrees in the 2023-24 academic year, the lowest among the state’s public universities, even similarly sized ones.
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