Tennessee State University

Tennessee's State Building Commission helped Tennessee State University avoid bankruptcy last month by redirecting federal grant money from a building project to general operating expenses. Now, in return, the state is asking for budget cuts.

A proposal at the state legislature would terminate Tennessee State University’s Board of Trustees. And another bill would subsequently transfer authority over the school to the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, or THEC.

Tennessee State University is opening a hub for computer programing and app development that will serve historically black colleges and universities…