From AJC.com
“The chairman of the state Senate Higher Education Committee told University System leaders they should consider merging two of the state’s three historically black colleges with nearby white-majority schools to save money.
With the state looking to cut spending up to 10 percent this year because of the economic slowdown, Senate Higher Education Chairman Seth Harp (R-Midland) suggested historically black college Savannah State University be merged with Armstrong Atlantic University in Savannah, and black college Albany State be merged with Darton College in Albany.
Harp said the separate schools were set up during a time when whites didn’t want to go to school with blacks and education was segregated in Georgia.” (more…)
The issue of possibly shutting down some HBCUs is not a new one nor is it exclusive to Georgia. This issue has sparked very heated debates in the past and based on the current state of state and local budgets, it is bound to surface again as a major issue. Sound off if you like.
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