Out-of-state recruiting — including from Russia — also has helped, he says.
Between 1994 and 2004, Alcorn’s non-Black enrollment went from 6.7 percent to 10.5 percent, according to state College Board figures. Jackson State’s is about 7 percent, and Mississippi Valley’s is about 6 percent.
The $1.7 million from the endowments cannot be spent. The schools can spend only the interest on future diversity efforts and to enhance academic programs, according to the settlement.
Bristow says that fits well with his plans of making Alcorn, whose main campus is at Lorman, more of a regional university in southwest Mississippi, while keeping its status as a historically Black school.
— Associated Press
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