Could a Proposed Mississippi Bill Lead to the Closure of Three of the State’s HBCUs? Senator Polk Claims He Only Wanted to Stir Conversations.
One Mississippi lawmaker has proposed a bill to close three of the state’s public universities as a way to conserve state funds allocated to higher education institutions in the wake of dropping college enrollment rates. State Sen. John Polk authored Senate Bill 2726 which, if passed, would require the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL)…