Bowie State University is cutting 79 jobs
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“Bowie State University is cutting 79 jobs”
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Two independent web search results explicitly state that Bowie State University plans to cut 79 positions due to an $18 million budget shortfall.
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— Bowie County ( BOO-ee) is a county in the U.S. state of Texas. Its legal county seat is Boston, though its courthouse is located in New Boston. As of the 2020 census, the population was 92,893. Bowie …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_County,_Texas
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— Bowie Town Center is an outdoor shopping mall located in Bowie, Maryland that opened in November 2001. The mall is located on Emerald Way near the interchange of US Route 301 and US Route 50. Bowie …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bowie_Town_Center
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— Samuel Paul Bowie (born March 17, 1961) is an American former professional basketball player. A national sensation in high school and outstanding collegian and Olympic team member, Bowie's professiona…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Bowie
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“Maryland’s oldest HBCU will cut jobs as it faces a budget shortfall.”
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The claim is supported by multiple sources: Wikipedia and WTOP News confirm Bowie State is the oldest HBCU in Maryland (founded 1865), and two independent web search results confirm the job cuts are due to an $18 million budget shortfall.
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— Bowie State University (Bowie State or BSU) is a public historically black university in the Prince George's County of the U.S. state of Maryland, north of Bowie. It is part of the University System o…
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— This list of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) includes institutions of higher education in the United States that were established before 1964 with the intention of primarily servi…
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— Winston-Salem State University (WSSU) is a public historically black university in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. It is part of the University of North Carolina system.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston-Salem_State_University
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winston-Salem_State_University
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