True Or False? Is The State Attempting To TAKE OVER Tennessee State University? | Roland Martin
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- Опубликовано: 21 фев 2023
- is a buzz about Tennessee State University and if the state is about to take over the school.
Word circulating on social media claims a vote is happening this week to remove TSU's Board of Trustees and place it under Tennessee's Board of Regents.
State Representative Harold Love, Jr. posted this letter rejecting there will be a vote happening this week.
"Good morning, TSU Family.
I am writing to you in response to several communications I have received over the last week.
1. The $250 million dollars for building repairs and construction that was put in the budget
Jan 2022 was made available to TSU on July 1, 2022, when the new fiscal year started: An additional $92 million was approved before July 1, 2022, for 2 new buildings ($60 million for engineering and $32 million for agriculture).
2. The State of Tennessee is not trying to make TSU a community college by placing the
administration under TBR: TSU, along with the other state universities, was under TBR,
before the FOCUS ACT of 2016. For the last 7 years, TSU has still utilized TBR to assist with the university's construction projects.
3. The State of Tennessee is not trying to take over TSU: After the passage of the FOCUS
ACT, the Governor made appointments to the Board of Trustees that had to be confirmed by the state legislature. Each year, there may be members who roll off. TSU currently has two members who are up for reappointment or replacement.
4. The Government Operations Committee is not treating TSU any differently from other
Higher Education Institutions: Every public university (including the University in
Tennessee) must appear before the Government Operations Committee after its audit to have its Board renewed. Based on previous audit findings, TSU's Board was renewed for two years. The two years are coming to an end, and, by law, the Government Operations Committee must act to make a recommendation based on current audit findings. This is not a special hearing.
5. There will not be a vote on February 23 to place TSU under TBR: The Senate Ad Hoc
Committee had questions about the current leadership's ability to effectively lead the
university. The Comptroller's office interviewed students, faculty, and staff to gain a better
understanding of complaints they received from parents and students. The committee will
review the report at this hearing. I encourage you to attend the Senate Ad Hoc Education
Committee to hear the report of the Comptroller of the Treasury and the Government
Operations Committee to hear updates on the audit report for TSU.
As a 3rd generation TSU graduate, I have been committed to doing everything that is in the best interest of TSU. I want to make sure all who love the university understand the facts and are properly equipped to advocate for our beloved university. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact my office.
In Service, Harold M. Love, Jr."
Tennessee State Representative Harold Love, Jr. spoke with Roland Martin about why he wrote this letter.J
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They're mad because of the number of students applying to this college.
I am a TSU alumni and for the state to tell the administration that they can't use that money for this and that is ridiculous insane. The state is not on campus and in the dorms everyday to know how deplorable the conditions are. They know that if the living conditions are not suitable, that will cause enrollment to go down and that will fulfill their plan to demolish the HBCU. Why can't TSU sue the state so the TSU administration can decide how to use the funds?
Thanks again Roland, you are always on it. It's a mess how they're already complaining about students going there and then they don't want to let them use the money to build more dormitories so that they can get more students it's like they trying to shake them down they can't stand to see black people doing nothing well. They are complaining when you're doing well and they complain for what they consider is bad that black people doing. I always thought they didn't want us where they are now they're complaining that we don't want to come where they are you can't have it both ways.
I totally agree
What!!? This is was an over enrollment issue. Dorms are revenue generating. In other words, they can charge more and save more if they need new dorms. You folks are not paying attention.
Do you honestly think the government gives money to any entity without stipulations?? They never have in the history of government.
We have family friends who has kids going to TSU. Their kids are currently staying off campus because there are not enough dorms. To give a college this kind of money and not allow them to build dorms just don’t make no sense 🤦♂️
TSU isn't the first HBCU who had this issue ... this is about race and money. It about race because most HBCU's buy out hotels and turn them into dorms for their students. Some even rent them out. However those hotel are owned by whites who don't want to sell or rent to blacks. The state want to take over TSU so that all the money wont go to an HBCU. This is the only time whites like to use diversity. HBCU needs its own govern body.
I get what the state rep. was saying the University cannot use state funds on buildings that are revenue generators and that makes sense...but then the issue comes with State Tax breaks for a new NFL stadium for the Titans. I believe democrats in Tennessee should offer an amendment to state any state funds used as a source of revenue generator then residents of Tennessee should see significant price reductions...in everything from housing cost at Universities to football tickets.
@@marcusacummings3561 this is federal money 75mil for TSU alone, wake up each HBCU gets 75mil ... out of the 5bil package set aside for them ... the State want to distribute to whom they want. There were black bragging about trump gave HBCU 250milwhich averages out to 3-4 mil ... but Biden gave 5 billion which averages out to 70 mil plus grants and other aids. if the state takes the 75 billion it means TSU board has been paid off. HBCU's have brought hotels and made them into dorms.
They charge for dorms! What part of that don't you understand? Like a business, if they need more profit, they can easily bump the price in housing.
But ALL of this was preventable if they didn't over book housing. You can't go from an average of 1700 new freshmen to 2300 without a damn plan. That's what they did.
That means the board of directors needs to be fired including the prez. Sorry, but that's common damn sense.
@@muletowndumpsters What are you talking about….. I just made a comment and gave my opinion. At the end of the day, dorms or apartments, they still going to charge the parents. 🤷🏼♂️🤦♂️
TN has already taken over TSU. They did it in the late 70's. If the board is chosen by the governor and elected by the legislature, it is chosen by conservative republicans. The same legislature which questioned the president. The Agriculture department got it because the state has already taken over TSU. If the state shorted TSU by half a billion dollars and does not allow them to build dorms, how are they going fix the housing problem? The Ag department caters to the rural white counties in TN.
Thanks ,for your support addressing The Issues to be solved at Tennessee State University..
Thank you again Roland Martin for giving us the real news.
The problem is our community doesn’t go vote in the local elections.
You better be careful what you ask for my alumni because they will put somebody in that office like Candace Owens
That would be a favor to put her there!
TSU, is a Land Grand Institution, as such is Entitled to matching State, funding. Equal to the University of Tennessee!
His name is actually representative Harold Moses Love Jr
.he's a third-generation Tennessee State University graduates as am I and I am sick of the GOP
Woke is another word for they are scared of change.
💯!!
We need to call them Illuminationals, great word for those who love to label people other than who they are and who God made them.
What the hell! What can be done to stop this madness
He said the governor picks the people who are on their board, so the state already controls them, which we knew this because they can’t become apart of the swac because the state legislature won’t let them
I don't doubt it. Think about it. There's only a few hbcus that are state universities. Like South Carolina state. I actually pondered this long ago. Doesn't surprise me that they would do that.
Thank you for addressing this.
Thank you for such great content. Keep it going sir!
Roland is always on it.
Until the next civil war you can expect the worst if complacency and allowing the dominant group to decide for us 👌🏽
Let me guess, this grifter is asking you privately for money. lmao! Typical.
You don't want for there to by a civil war. You clowns can't even live one block away from your "ops" without killing each other. You think blacks could ever be organized enough to resemble anything that looks like a resistance! Ha!
@@Danlovestrivium asking for money that was stolen from them. Let me quess, by constant theives.
@@callis8247 It's such a shame that blacks are so easily fooled. It's made for generations that have been scammed by grifters like Sharpton, Jackson and Farrakhan. All they had to do was add that little "Reverend" to their title and the poor an uneducated were shoveling money their way as fast as they could. Grifters like this video creator should be easily spotted by now, but it seems like its just too easy to fool blacks that I guess there's still money in this type of scam.
@Danlovestrivium No, that is not the case. You have to see the trickery of both sides. You didn't give the other sides trickery. Jackson and all those you named don't have the big bomb nor that old blood money. I look into every angle and straight up, not leaving any out. There is a reason they do what they do. Jackson and all, you should have fiqured it out by now.
We the black people is got to stop sitting around saying it not going bother me to vote of not because they going to do what they want to do. That what these republican are counting on. Black people you have to Go Vote to change things it not for your self but your children and grandchildren. Vote democrat to change things.
Why vote democrats they problems
If you don't like the type of representation you're receiving ,change it with your vote !""
This is a very true statement although certain pipo will change the rules if they start to see more participation from us. It's a great start but can't be the end result. And to me if every black athlete decided if it's happen to my brother it's happening to me. You would see alot of change, same way with band members. Same way with NFL, NBA, so on and so forth. You keep asking us to play for you while we can't even get a seat at the table and if enough of them say no, guess what they gotta go back to the drawing board and see how we can work together or accommodate us to see how we can satisfy all students.
I know this is happening at TSU but my daughter is having this issue at Savannah State with their programs being deactivated. She is an Africana Studies major that was deactivated and now I see it at nearby PWI Ga Southern. Roland has the plan. The schools need to join students and alumni together for strength and not conform to pressure.
@Roland_S_Martin I have whatsapp but don't really use that platform. I will attempt to reach out there.
I wish I could have heard more about what he was saying about the HBCU's in VA at the end. Anywho it is so important that we protect & support and fight for our remaining HBCU's. They are so important to the fabric to our communities. All it takes for is involvement from members of the community and alumni regardless of what HBCU or college you attended.
That's SAD as HELL, yall
They are putting all their money on STRUCTURE & almost NOTHING on Student LIVING QUARTERS. I'm sure that pisses students off. Especially the black students since that means all their $$$ goes to non-black sources. While zero is spent on their COMFORT. That's SAD as HELL
Can TSU have private developers build their dorms as an private donation?
Here we go again! Messing with a State HBCU!!! Disgusting!!
Roland, I'm having the hardest time trying to get my 22 year old son to understand that voting matters. He and his friends don't vote.
He said they don't allocate funds for things that generate revenue, like stadiums and dorms. How do dorms generate revenue? I'm so curious.
Perhaps he means students or financial aid pay to live in the dorms therefore it generates monies.
@@reneetrotter4214 I was thinking that, but under that logic, the school wouldn't be eligible for the same funding because it also generates revenue. I think they labeled the dorms as such to prevent them from making improvements and expanding. If you can't improve/expand the dorms, the school can't grow.
LSU tried the same crap with SU now SU has 3 Universities in the state of Louisiana and now in Texas.
Yet, suddern is still a crappy school
@@Dragon-jv7ny SU don't breed criminals
Now the Calculations are $2.1 Billion dollars by the federal government.
We got to get OUR money resources up!!
Money talk, B.S. walks!!!
Everything is under ATTACK y'all. You're WAKING UP will cause RIPPLES
As a student going to tsu The school needs new leadership !!!! The people on the board are unsuitable for the position … there are so many problems here as far as dorms, money, organization, everything you name it! I am happy to leave to following semester, so and student wanting to go to an Hbcu do not go to TSU !
You go by yourself. You are part of the problem. It takes money to do what is needed. The state is stealing the money and not offering it up to TSU. Why is that hard to understand? What can you do without the money? The government has the claim on the money, your tax dollars. We have taxation without representation. Our entire system of government need to change.
@@callis8247 oh please! stop being ignorant it’s the leadership so how am I the problem I just one student here among many that regrets coming here... do you see MTSU or UTC having these problems? No! And like Deion Sanders said about HBCU this school has all this money coming in so the question is where is it going? Obviously not to the school since multiple students haven’t received their scholarships yet and the dorms are literally tearing down. So please stop being ignorant, the state needs to take control since there’s an 85 page worth of problems that’s lasted for about 5 years.
this! they took my housing away because of a balance which i didn’t know where the balance came from. they purged me so i just withdrew from the school. the financial aid office kept telling me different things 🤦🏾♀️.
TN does not want TSU to build more dorms because they do not want all of those black students on campus. NC took the amount of money donated to A&T by Bezzo's wife.
Wow. What they do with it?
My son attends Tsu their heart is in the right place , but they cannot process loans timely, they can’t get the kids from the hotels on time , they are terrible placing kids in housing, everything thing they do is good but it’s too small , more money without improving management will not work
Our vote got us messed up now
Hi all, please help RolandMartin help us all.
Athletes stand down everywhere.
I always say this right here because u can't have sports period If blk boys and girls are not playing. U don't wanna make room for us. Don't nobody play not even band members.
No weapons formed against you shall prosper. None.
That's the only reason they gave them the money with strings lol...
I am a current student of TSU. Soon to graduate. So what should I do if I want to go back and get my Masters degree.
@Tari Pearson, Fisk, UT, or out of state. Congratulations in advance, and may God bless you with success in your future endeavors.
Make it make sense!😏
So they board has to answer to governor that governor appoints...wow they need change that's why HBCU COLLEGE are being bullied..
Great story! Wat up 615.
Been trying to take over that school and put them with the rest of Tennessee higher education system!
Oh god no
Oprah Winfrey an alumni of Tennessee State University.
Yes she was. She also was an anchor on a local news station.
If yall waiting on Oprah , yall gone be waiting, not saying she won't but idk if that's a fight she's willing to take up. She's done alot but not like that.
I'm a long time TSU supporter. Grew up in Nashville and love the school. However, when my scholar student decided to follow her mom's footsteps at TSU in Fall 21', shit has gotten real. She received a full ride and freshman dorm room. By the time Spring 22' came around and time to submit for housing, priority was given to incoming freshmen, not existing students. My daughter although given a full ride (including housing,) she had no dorm room.
Basically, someone (the board) decided to take on so many new freshman, there was no available housing for existing students. My daughter then had to enroll for all online classes and stay home last semester.
Fast forward to Spring 23', she was placed in the same predicament and had to take online classes. At the last minute (January 23',) they finally offered her a place outside of campus at the House of God and something.. forgive me as I forget the name. All I can tell you is it's not in a safe area. I know that from my coming up in Nashville.
Long story short, the board (in my opinion) over booked incoming freshmen to the point it caused these issues. Why the hell they did that, needs to be investigated.
My daughter is NOT getting the HBCU experience we expected.
Yes, but she can be a beacon for other students to get there and have a dorm. Someone has to be a forerunner. Everyone cannot complain. Some have to pray and fight, just be right!
@@callis8247 No, absolutely not. This institution has been around since 1912. These are the basics. And my daughter has a whodini scholarship right now, somehow they no longer have her scholarship. They're backfilling it with other means, but it literally has disappeared with no notice. That's bullshit! She had other offers, none of which she would be attending classes in my home.
My child attended TSU!
@@callis8247 I understand. My wife did, sister, uncle's, aunt, cousins.. it's a shame. But the time has now come to get this institution excellent. Change is necessary.
The school is poorly managed the president needs to go period!
TS TS U!
Not yet
You didn't press him on the school being owed $500. He kept saying $250 and then $350. If they're owed $500, you shoulda pressed him on that number and you let him off the hook.
TSU’s student body increased from around 7,600 in 2020 to 9,200 in 2022. HBCUs nationwide experienced an increase in students around the same time.
Who made the foolish decision to allow more student than beds to accommodate them.
I tell ya who, the TSU board of trustees. This is 5th grade math and common sense.
Lord Lord Lord
Did he ever answer the question about the other $250 million?
what's to say that they turn some of these building dual function building? What downtown area in any major city dont have retail commercial or commercial rez? first 2 floors used for rev gen or 30% of build be used for rev gen heck to get around id put vending machines on every floor use the money for the building fund. they get stupid. take them to the deep end of the pool..... just a thought dont make it complicated just ok give me the money.....i wouldnt have said a word then we fight after we get those babies on campus....
Money draws attention but this is money owed now what about our reparations.
Wow! These major Construction companies Construction workers need work. So, therefore, Please allow these Construction companies in Tennessee or elsewhere come to TSU and bulldoze down that Old Institution and Rebuild Tennessee State University, HBCU. There is a Total of "107" HBCU In the South, and they are Old Institutions that need to be Bulldoze down and Rebuilt. There needs to be a complete OVERHAUL of Their Athletic Facilities, Student Dormitories, Athlete Dormitories, Cafeteria's, Academic buildings, Libraries. Hell, even AFRICA Colleges and Universities are (ALL) Modernized and up to standards. Come on HBCUS, Upgrade your Institutions. They should (NOT) be looking like somebody's backyard.
Yes they are trying to take the school. One minute they praise them for winning two Grammy awards and the school is moving from R1 status and R2 status
Lies you tell. JSU is on the verge of R1 status. Them and Howard have been R2 the longest. Stop with the lies.
More black grievances, always won't to have everything equal, but you always get mad when you don't special treatment . Everytime .
I wish y’all would stop with fake reporting! I have a child there and it’s horrible the president needs to
go!! No accountability there go ask the students
Where do they get these people from? I'm tired of people selling black people out. This man says nothing to me that makes sense.
I don't trust anything he was saying.
You are on the money!! You are CORRECT!! I don't know why he's even there speaking for TSU!! Talk to the President of TSU, Glenda Glover!!
@@ceessentials5801 TSU ALUMNI. He is not only the university representative at the state level, but his Dad found the money owed to the university . He's been fighting the state legislature to release the funds owed to TSU.
This guy representative love he seems disinterested and doesn't really care he bought the fall asleep on on TV
If anybody "takes over Tennessee state university" it should be LSU because damn, that is a total ripoff from LSU logo. They just added a line through the L
the same LSU that has a racial morale up? the same LSU that’s built on black culture? i think tf not. Tsu been having this logo since forever. lmfao
We are 110 years old. We've had a patent on our logo since 1968. Southern is our sister school. Creators don't imitate. We have our own brand .
Okay seriously don't play that off something went wrong and do didn't even get to finish this damn statement