Education Roundup: Risks Remain After MUW Merger Fails, School Funding Debate Ongoing
Though efforts to close or merge some universities failed, lawmakers could still consider closing some universities under another study proposal.
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.
Alcorn State University in Lorman, Miss., is among 16 historically Black land-grant universities that the Biden administration says have been collectively underfunded to the tune of $12.6 billion over the last three decades.
Mississippi State University has added a college for non-traditional students who are older than typical enrollees to its campus.
Mississippi State University Head Football Coach Mike Leach, 61, died Monday night at the University of Mississippi Medical Center, the university announced in a statement that included remarks from his family.
Mississippi State University Head Football Coach Mike Leach is in “critical condition” at the University of Mississippi Medical Center in Jackson after suffering “a personal health issue at his home” in Starkville on Sunday, the university said.
The state board that oversees higher education in Mississippi voted today to prohibit all public colleges and universities from requiring COVID-19 vaccines as a condition of employment or enrollment. The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees made the decision following weeks of confusion over a previous vote in August.
Mississippi State University is unlikely to implement a campus-wide vaccine mandate even after a majority of the institution’s Faculty Senate called on leaders to do so in a resolution they adopted during a meeting on Friday.
Soon after a jury convicted Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin today for his brother’s murder, Philonise Floyd’s voice cracked and tears welled in his eyes as he thought of a 13-year-old boy from Chicago whom two white men brutally murdered while he was visiting family in Mississippi 66 years ago.
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