How the U of M will benefit from this year’s state budget
The University of Memphis will benefit from Gov. Bill Lee’s funding recommendations, including receiving an allocation of $50 million to create an endowment fund to sustain the university’s newly achieved Carnegie R1 status. The university will match that allocation. (Mark Weber/Daily Memphian file)
The governor announced a significant boost to education funding in his State of the State Address on Monday, Jan. 31, with nearly $2 billion going to higher education.
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Daja E. Henry is originally from New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a graduate of Howard University and the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University and currently is a general assignment reporter.
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