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Mississippi college board raises two presidents’ salaries
Mississippi’s universities’ governing board raised the salaries of Joe Paul at Southern Miss and Jerryl Briggs at Mississippi Valley State.
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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors
Many of the comparatively few universities that serve rural students are eliminating large numbers of programs and majors, blaming plummeting enrollment and resulting financial crises.
IHL deletes the word ‘diversity’ from its policies
Mississippi’s Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees , which oversees the state’s public universities, voted Thursday to delete the word “diversity” from several policies.
Murrah High’s award-winning literary magazine revived and thriving
Murrah High alumni pick up the fundraising baton to keep the school literary magazine Pleiades going.
Mississippi College will change its name and drop its football program
The college, in the Jackson suburb of Clinton, will become Mississippi Christian University beginning with its bicentennial in 2026.
Supporters of public funds to private schools dealt a major blow after recent election results
Three U.S. states, including two overwhelmingly Republican ones, rejected efforts this month to flow public funds to private schools.
Jeanne Luckey, prominent Mississippi Republican and IHL trustee, dies at 63
IHL trustee and prominent Mississippi Republican Jeanne Carter Luckey has died.
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