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Governor’s budget plan includes university merger proposal |
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 |
By BRIAN HAWKINS
BB Supervising Editor
Could state lawmakers merge the Mississippi University for Women with Mississippi State University?
If Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposed 2010-2011 state budget is approved by the Legislature, that’s exactly what could happen.
Barbour’s proposed 2010-2011 state budget aims to reorganize state government, and his proposals include merging the state’s eight public universities into five as a means of streamlining administrative costs and reducing educational expenses.
Barbour’s proposed FY 2010-2011 budget calls for $5.5 billion in spending, a reduction of $715 million from the current fiscal year. The figure Barbour proposes reflects sluggish state revenues and slow economic recovery.
The proposal includes reorganization of the state Institutions of Higher Learning, namely merging MUW in Columbus with MSU, which is the state’s largest university by enrollment. The proposal also includes merging Mississippi Valley State and Alcorn State into the larger Jackson State University.
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