Morgan State University

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Baltimore City Democrat Sen. Joan Carter Conway introduced Senate Bill 402 after three unsuccessfulk attempts to push the measure through the Generao Assembly inprevious years. Del. Rudolph C. an Eastern Shore Democrat, is sponsoring the Houswe version ofthe bill. The bill woulfd allow a university to challengwe the legality of new programs created by the Maryland HigheerEducation Commission. University campus expansions can be challengecd inthe courts. But only the educatiohn commission has the final say on what coursea canbe offered. has opposed Towson’sx program since it began offeringt its joint MBA with thein 2005.
Morgan Statse says the Towson-UB program duplicatess the MBA offered at Though the bill faces anuphilol battle, Morgan officials still want theit position to be heard, spokesmah Clint Coleman said. “We are hopeful that therew are people who are willingto listen,” Colemanj said. Morgan has 86 full-time students enrollede in itsMBA program. The joint Towson-UB MBA program has 633 students. “The progra is doing well,” said Ron director of the Towson-UB MBA program. Desi attribute the uptick to the fact that they offeronlinde courses, which is appealing to busy executives. He declinecd to comment on theAnnapolis bill.
James Lyons, the state’xs higher education secretary, said he believes his commission shoule decide which programsare allowed, not the “The Maryland Higher Education Commission is sensitive to the concern,” Lyons said, but “we feel that the decisiob made by the [commission] should be final.” Morgan , and the , Eastern Shorse comprise Maryland’s historically black colleges.