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Jackson State has new president

Associated Press — Thu, 02 Dec 2010 13:09:50 +0000

JACKSON — The governing board for Jackson State University has formally approved hiring Carolyn Meyers as the school’s new president, making her the first woman to hold the top job at JSU. The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning named Meyers to the position Wednesday. She replaces interim president Leslie McLemore, [...]

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Alcorn State has new president

Associated Press — Wed, 01 Dec 2010 13:22:12 +0000

JACKSON — Alcorn State University has a new president. The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning announced Tuesday the unanimous decision to hire Christopher Brown for the position. Alcorn State has been without a permanent leader since George Ross stepped down in February to become president of Central Michigan University. Norris [...]

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JSU, Alcorn pres candidates picked

Associated Press — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:50:09 +0000

JACKSON — Carolyn Meyers, a past president of Norfolk State University, was named Monday as the preferred candidate for president of Jackson State University. If formally named president, Meyers would be the first woman to lead Jackson State. The College Board also announced the selection of Christopher Brown, the current executive vice president at Fisk [...]

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USM, DSU presidents get contract extensions

Associated Press — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 11:25:09 +0000

JACKSON — The state College Board has voted to extend the contracts of Delta State University President John M. Hilpert and University of Southern Mississippi President Martha Saunders. The new contracts are for four years. College Board president Bettye Neely praised their leadership. A news release from the College Board says Delta State has met [...]

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MSU building to be leased for Cotton Mill Marketplace

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:55:39 +0000

STARKVILLE — The state College Board has approved the lease of Mississippi State University’s Cooley Building to developers of the $64 million Cotton Mill Marketplace. The project is to include a 150-room hotel and buildings with a mixture of office, retail, residential and restaurant space along Mississippi Highway 12 in Starkville. The Cooley Building currently [...]

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College Board scraps plan to increase requirements

Associated Press — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 15:52:36 +0000

JACKSON — The state College Board has abandoned a plan to increase course requirements for Mississippi’s public universities. The universities had planned to increase the number of required high school courses – mostly with advanced classes – from 15.5 to 19.5 for high school students graduating in 2012. Education leaders believe that requiring courses like [...]

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University merger dead issue in 2011 session

Associated Press — Tue, 19 Oct 2010 16:28:24 +0000

JACKSON — Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds Jr. says he expects a proposal to merger or close some universities to have no support in the 2011 legislative session. Bounds spoke Monday with the editorial board of The Clarion-Ledger. “All you’ll hear is the sound of crickets chirping when ‘merger’ is brought up,” Bounds said. Gov. [...]

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Ross says no talk of college mergers

Associated Press — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:19:44 +0000

JACKSON — College Board president Scott Ross says the board has had no discussions about merging any of Mississippi’s public universities. Ross told lawmakers yesterday that the board assumed Gov. Haley Barbour’s proposal to merge eight universities into five was “dead on arrival” because the House Universities Committee chairman opposes it. Ross’ comments prompted murmurs [...]

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College tenure under scrutiny

Associated Press — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 15:48:56 +0000

JACKSON — Is academic tenure under attack? A number of university professors across Mississippi believe so. The state College Board gave initial approval in December to policy changes that would reduce how much warning time is required to fire tenured and tenure-track professors for financial reasons. There’s even in a bill in the Legislature that [...]

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Bounds, Ross ask for more financial aid

Associated Press — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:09:10 +0000

JACKSON — Higher education leaders are asking Mississippi lawmakers to boost funding for financial aid programs, saying hundreds of students have been denied assistance because of a lack of money. State College Board President Scott Ross and Higher Education Commissioner Hank Bounds appeared before the House Appropriations Committee on Tuesday — a day after the [...]

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