College board’s budgetary decisions keep African Americans further behind

[bernard]

Many have heard the expression, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” Despite the bankruptcy of that idea, many Black Mississippians go about their lives ignoring the day-to-day and year-to-year actions of the college board which are hurting them. Example of this include the recent budget allocations for the public universities and the heightened student fees that it approved.

University Budget Allocations

At its April meeting Thursday last week, the college board approved the budget allocations for the eight public universities. It was the normal follow-up from the recent legislative appropriations. Overall, there was a decline in funds. Our focus here, however, is on allocations for education and general campus funds, which increased from $401,832,908 to $416,045,494.

The allocations for fiscal year 2024 were as follows, showing the amount allocated to each university and its approximate percentage of the overall education and general budget.

Alcorn State University; $23,023,876; 5.5%
Delta State University; $22,876,493; 5.5%
Jackson State University; $43,530,026; 10.5%
Mississippi State University; $105,594,303; 25%
Mississippi University for Women; $18,319,091; 4.5%
Mississippi Valley State University; $15,776,170; 4%
University of Mississippi; $95,362,444; 23%
University of Southern Mississippi; $91,563,091; 22%

OPINION: College board’s budgetary decisions keep African Americans further behind - Jackson Advocate

Many have heard the expression, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” Despite the bankruptcy of that idea, many Black Mississippians go about their lives ignoring the day-to-day and year-to-year actions of the college board which are hurting them. Example of this include the recent budget...

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[buckwheat1911]

Many have heard the expression, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” Despite the bankruptcy of that idea, many Black Mississippians go about their lives ignoring the day-to-day and year-to-year actions of the college board which are hurting them. Example of this include the recent budget allocations for the public universities and the heightened student fees that it approved.

University Budget Allocations

At its April meeting Thursday last week, the college board approved the budget allocations for the eight public universities. It was the normal follow-up from the recent legislative appropriations. Overall, there was a decline in funds. Our focus here, however, is on allocations for education and general campus funds, which increased from $401,832,908 to $416,045,494.

The allocations for fiscal year 2024 were as follows, showing the amount allocated to each university and its approximate percentage of the overall education and general budget.

Alcorn State University; $23,023,876; 5.5%
Delta State University; $22,876,493; 5.5%
Jackson State University; $43,530,026; 10.5%
Mississippi State University; $105,594,303; 25%
Mississippi University for Women; $18,319,091; 4.5%
Mississippi Valley State University; $15,776,170; 4%
University of Mississippi; $95,362,444; 23%
University of Southern Mississippi; $91,563,091; 22%

OPINION: College board’s budgetary decisions keep African Americans further behind - Jackson Advocate

Many have heard the expression, “What you don’t know won’t hurt you.” Despite the bankruptcy of that idea, many Black Mississippians go about their lives ignoring the day-to-day and year-to-year actions of the college board which are hurting them. Example of this include the recent budget...

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That is a big gap in funding. Is this based on the amount of students at the universities?

 

[Olde Hornet]

The budget increases at MSU, UM and USM are in stark contrast to the HBCUs.