Dr. Glenda
Baskin Glover
Leader. Educator. Advocate. Author.
A nationally recognized leader in higher education and HBCU advocacy, Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover spent more than a decade as President of Tennessee State University, and now leads the national conversation on the funding disparity a Tennessee legislative review found the university had gone without.
Former University President | CPA | Attorney | Author | National HBCU Advocate
new book
How Dare You
An HBCU President’s Fight for Half a Billion Dollars Owed
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How Dare You.
The book reveals what a Tennessee legislative review found: over the decades since the Morrill Acts of 1862 and 1890 established the land-grant system, Tennessee State University went underfunded by an estimated $150 million to $544 million.
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A Proven Leader. A Relentless Advocate.
Dr. Glenda Baskin Glover is one of America’s most accomplished executive leaders, recognized for enterprise-level leadership, corporate governance expertise, global nonprofit impact and unwavering advocacy for equity. She recently retired as President of Tennessee State University, her alma mater, where she led the 8,000-student institution through a decade of transformation, growing its endowment from $40 million to $115 million and guiding the university through funding inequities, accreditation pressures and legislative challenges. Appointed by President Biden as Vice Chair of the President’s Board of Advisors on HBCUs, she has become a powerful national voice for correcting the systemic underfunding of Black institutions.
A trailblazer in corporate governance, she served 12 years on the board of Pinnacle Financial Partners, advancing to Lead Director, along with board service at The Student Loan Corporation, The Lenox Group, First Guaranty Bancshares and Emily’s List. As the 30th International President, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Incorporated, she led 350,000 members worldwide, directed $25 million in scholarships to HBCU students, and established $100,000 endowments at every four-year HBCU through the Million Dollars in One Day Initiative. She is one of only two African American women in the nation to hold the rare combination of Ph.D., CPA and J.D.
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HBCU Campaign Fund
What happens when a state-commissioned review finds a university went underfunded by as much as $544 million — decades in the making?
Dr. Glenda Glover takes readers inside the fight.
The How Dare You
Reader Resource Guide
The Facts, Timeline & $544 Million Story Behind the Book
The full funding timeline, 1862–Today
Key terms to know (HBCU, land-grant, state match)
Discussion questions for readers & book clubs
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