Since it opened as a land-gran university in 1890, the University of Maryland, Eastern Shore has been underfunded and systemically shortchanged by the state and the university system, say supporters of the historically Black university, who are suing to do something about it.
The group called ForUMES, comprised of students, faculty, alumni and prospective applicants, is seeking billions of dollars in relief for the Princess Anne school in the complaint it filed Oct. 26 in U.S. District Court in Maryland. The suit claims the state has “deliberately underfunded” UMES since it became a land-grant institution in 1890.
The suit names Gov. Wes Moore (D) and several higher education officials with the University System of Maryland and Maryland Higher Education Commission as defendants…