All Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science Seniors Awarded USM Scholarships
The University of Southern Mississippi awarded full scholarships to each Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science senior.
The University of Southern Mississippi awarded full scholarships to each Mississippi School for Mathematics and Science senior.
“Institutions of higher education play a unique role in shaping an aging world,” David R. Buys and Aaron Guest write. “In 2012, a group of interdisciplinary scholars met to establish the 10 principles of an age-friendly university.”
Duvalier Malone writes that state leaders need to rightly address the underfunding of HBCUs in order to ensure education equity across the nation.
The Board of Trustees for the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning named Dr. Tracy Cook as the new president of Alcorn State University.
Though efforts to close or merge some universities failed, lawmakers could still consider closing some universities under another study proposal.
Mississippi University for Women could be merged into Mississippi State University under a bill lawmakers will soon vote on.
Mississippi Sen. Hillman Frazier, D-Jackson, said he doubts a bill to close three universities will survive a legislative deadline Tuesday.
“Throughout a trailblazing career that spanned half a century, (Flemmie Pansy Kittrell) worked to enhance food security and to improve both diets and children’s health—under the umbrella of home economics,” Brandy Thomas Wells writes.
Mississippi University for Women will not get a new name during this legislative session as support for the university’s second name choice fails.
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