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  "path": "/briefs/amid-tight-budget-marylands-oldest-hbcu-will-cut-79-positions-to-close-18-million-defici/",
  "publishedAt": "2026-05-08T00:32:18.000Z",
  "site": "https://marylandmatters.org",
  "tags": [
    "Education",
    "Gov & Politics",
    "Aminta Breaux",
    "Bowie State University",
    "budget deficit",
    "Darryll Pines",
    "state budget",
    "University of Maryland College Park"
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  "textContent": "Facing an $18 million budget deficit for next fiscal year, Bowie State University, Maryland’s oldest historically Black university, said it will cut 79 positions from its workforce. It's one of several state colleges and universities grappling with budget cuts for next year.",
  "title": "Maryland’s oldest HBCU will cut 79 positions to close $18 million deficit"
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