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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Also from the same report....

https://wtop.com/education/2024/10/3-virginia-universities-with-some-viability-risks-study-finds/[i]
"On Monday, Sen. Mamie Locke, D-Hampton, questioned if the risks against Virginia State have any connection to the institution not being funded to the same levels as Virginia Tech after the federal government estimated a year ago that VSU is owed over $277 million in state funding from 1987 to 2020.

Like Virginia Tech, the historically Black college in Petersburg is a land grant institution.

“It’s an HBCU and this state is known for not having funded HBCUs to the levels that they should be funded,” Locke said."
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Virginia continues to underfund public schools.

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Virginia State gets $18,991 per in-state FTE student in general fund appropriations (state revenues appropriated for the institution).  Virginia Tech gets $9,480 per in-state FTE.

https://research.schev.edu/info/Reports.Guide-to-the-Finance-Policy-Reports[/quote]

A few years of increased pupil funding doesn’t reflect the many decades of underfunding - by millions & millions of dollars. 
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Virginia State has been getting significantly more per FTE for many years.[/quote]

You think that’s enough even though their facilities are in terrible shape compared to VT, VCU, etc.?[/quote]

Virginia State has gotten more per FTE from the state than VT for many years.  It is still struggling because it doesn't pull in as much money per FTE from other non state sources like net tuition and fees.  Other non HBCUs in Virginia have the same issue.[/quote]

No, it's not funding issue. It could have all the funding. All new facilities. And still it would struggle.  Like many HBCUs it has a low graduation rate. It has a 90% acceptance rate and has pretty low admission standards. High achieving Black students are not going to select this school. They have too many other options. Even slight above average students are not selecting it.  Employers are not going to seek out graduates of this school.

They shouldn't try and compete with other state school but instead focus on the program they offer that other schools don't which is Agriculture. They could modernized the curriculum ,and recruit more widely , they could attract some students. They could also partner with Tech to offer a transfer program for that degree. Or establish an animal studies degree and provide a pathway into VA tech vet school. This would attract a higher achieving more diverse student body.

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It would be in a much different place today if it were funded like VT from the start.

It’s just another example of systemic racism that has long-lasting impacts to present day.

Of course, Republicans don’t want to fix it. They want to pretend like there is no problem here at all. They don’t value public education, especially for HBCUs. 
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+100 The truth speaks for itself. [/quote]

Some posters here don’t seem to understand but hopefully their kids will receive a proper education and be part of a new generation of change. [/quote]

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