“And any attempt to merge historically Black colleges and universities, which play a vital role in states across the country, will be met with serious opposition from alumni and supporters of these institutions,” Ashley says.
Despite the fact similar merger proposals have failed before, Harp says he has reasons to be encouraged this time. “Two things: Money and Obama,” he says.
“If people can’t see that things have changed, then they’ve got their heads stuck in the sand. I’m going to make sure we’re offering a quality education at all of our state institutions, pushing and shoving if I have to.”
—Add Seymour Jr. contributed to this report.
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