“The campus can’t sit there. Are you going to file bankruptcy? Is there consideration to possibly being chartered as a state funded school? Those are questions that need to be asked,” said one state representative.
is up in the air. This week, the college president sent an email to students discussing options regarding their future, including transferring to other schools according to state representative Juandalynn Givan.School president Daniel Coleman is asking the state for $30 million in funding. Coleman hopes some of the money comes from the Education Trust Fund, but there doesn’t seem to be much of an appetite for that among some lawmakers.
Givan would like to see more of a plan from the college on a path forward. Even though she doesn’t want to see the college close its doors, she has questions. School leaders say their endowment fund took a hit when they tried renovating the campus in the early 2000s.
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