Transparency State University

Looks like Interim President and others have headed to Austin this past week to meet with legislators to request funding.  This is going to be an interesting meeting on Monday with the BOR. We wish Interim President a lot of luck- we hope he can get the $157 million he is asking for: https://flipboard.com/article/texas-college-officials-head-to-austin-to-make-funding-requests-from-state-legis/f-07b00950ff%2Fhoustonchronicle.com Texas Southern University’s Interim President Kenneth Huewitt said TSU has felt the pressures of the country’s economic downturn and resulting budget cuts like other colleges. Still, “We decided we’re going to ask for what we need. It’s not a wish list. It’s a needs list,” Huewitt said of Houston’s only historically Black university. Texas Southern University:  Requested $157 million for university enhancements, including renovations to academic buildings to accommodate new projects; $142 million to improve the campus’ infrastructure, and $4.5 million to advance

TSU has not released any official information on our student enrollment but all indicators are that we could be below 6000 students.  If this is true, we are in big trouble.  The Texas legislature is meeting currently and rumors are that Texas universities could face budget cuts and possibly layoffs. The President's office hasn't put out any enrollment information, neither the Provost or the Deans have also taken any initiatives on our enrollment concerns and we wonder what the new hire for enrollment is doing to expand enrollment since we depend so much on enrollment- $110,000 is a lot of money for this position.   Why is PVAMU and UHD (our peer institutions) ahead of us with enrollment growth but TSU is suffering from this lack of leadership?  And what about our low graduation rates?  Does no one in TSU administration care about our graduation rate?   Our leadership from the Interim President, Provost, Deans have not taken any initiative or provided any