Madison mayor, Tulane want state College Board to stop JSU satellite campus from opening
Jan. 28, 2013 9:51 PM, |
Written by
Lucy Weber
MADISON — City and Tulane University officials want the state College Board to rescind what they’re calling the “premature†approval of Jackson State University’s plans to open a Madison campus this summer.
Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler said the city wants to make sure that Jackson State will not be competing for students with Tulane, which opened a Madison branch in 2010 after the city approached the New Orleans university about locating here.
“We worked very hard to get one of the top 50 universities in this city, and I don’t want to see anything detrimental to their success,†she said.
On Jan. 17, the College Board approved a 10-year, $1.5 million lease for 8,600 square feet in an office building at 382 Galleria Parkway in Madison for Jackson State to hold classes. JSU President Carolyn Meyers said Monday that the university’s move to open a branch in Madison is designed to make its classes more convenient for nontraditional students who live and work in the area.
“Our intention is to give people in Madison the options that we can offer,†Meyers said.
In a letter hand-delivered Friday to higher education Commissioner Hank Bounds and the College Board, the mayor and Richard Marksbury, Tulane’s dean of the School of Continuing Studies, said Jackson State’s move raises serious issues for the Tulane branch.
“Both Tulane and the city have a right to expect Jackson State and the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning will respect state law before authorizing the establishment of an off-campus instructional program,†the letter says.
State law requires the board to consider ongoing programs of private colleges before authorizing off-campus programs for state universities, the letter said. The statute requires that the board avoid “inefficient and needless duplication.â€
“The process and the law have both been disregarded in this case,†the letter says.
JSU Provost James Renick said that the university does not need further permission from the College Board beyond the lease because “all the programs are already offered†on the Jackson campus.
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Jan. 28, 2013 9:51 PM, |
Written by
Lucy Weber
MADISON — City and Tulane University officials want the state College Board to rescind what they’re calling the “premature†approval of Jackson State University’s plans to open a Madison campus this summer.
Mayor Mary Hawkins Butler said the city wants to make sure that Jackson State will not be competing for students with Tulane, which opened a Madison branch in 2010 after the city approached the New Orleans university about locating here.
“We worked very hard to get one of the top 50 universities in this city, and I don’t want to see anything detrimental to their success,†she said.
On Jan. 17, the College Board approved a 10-year, $1.5 million lease for 8,600 square feet in an office building at 382 Galleria Parkway in Madison for Jackson State to hold classes. JSU President Carolyn Meyers said Monday that the university’s move to open a branch in Madison is designed to make its classes more convenient for nontraditional students who live and work in the area.
“Our intention is to give people in Madison the options that we can offer,†Meyers said.
In a letter hand-delivered Friday to higher education Commissioner Hank Bounds and the College Board, the mayor and Richard Marksbury, Tulane’s dean of the School of Continuing Studies, said Jackson State’s move raises serious issues for the Tulane branch.
“Both Tulane and the city have a right to expect Jackson State and the Board of Trustees of Institutions of Higher Learning will respect state law before authorizing the establishment of an off-campus instructional program,†the letter says.
State law requires the board to consider ongoing programs of private colleges before authorizing off-campus programs for state universities, the letter said. The statute requires that the board avoid “inefficient and needless duplication.â€
“The process and the law have both been disregarded in this case,†the letter says.
JSU Provost James Renick said that the university does not need further permission from the College Board beyond the lease because “all the programs are already offered†on the Jackson campus.
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