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State, Ole Miss jointly launching teacher recruitment program

MBJ Staff — Wed, 23 Jan 2013 14:00:48 +0000

OXFORD and STARKVILLE — Mississippi’s two largest universities have joined forces to create a program designed to attract the state’s best and brightest students into the field of education through a private gift totaling more than $12.9 million. The Mississippi Excellence in Teaching Program, or MET, is a joint effort by the School of Education [...]

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University’s proposal to offer flat tuition rate approved

MBJ Staff — Wed, 24 Oct 2012 17:19:54 +0000

CLEVELAND — The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning approved Delta State University’s proposal to offer a single flat tuition rate for all students, resident and non-resident. All new non-resident undergraduate and graduates enrolling at Delta State next fall will be eligible for the new tuition rate. Currently enrolled non-resident students will [...]

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Community colleges see enrollment drop; universities only modest gain

Associated Press — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 13:03:47 +0000

ACROSS MISSISSIPPI — A spike in college enrollment appears to be easing for Mississippi’s public universities and community colleges. Enrollment fell 5 percent at the state’s 15 community colleges, and rose only 0.6 percent at its eight public universities, according to preliminary figures. It’s the second straight decrease at community colleges. Enrollment dipped to 81,311 [...]

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Unannounced, mystery sand-drying plant recruiting workers

Associated Press — Wed, 28 Mar 2012 14:26:36 +0000

PICAYUNE — A company building a sand-drying plant to service the oil industry will be taking applications Friday and Saturday for 40 to 50 jobs. The job recruiting will take place at Picayune City Hall. The Picayune Item reports Alliance Consulting Group, LLC has advertised in the newspaper for a plant manager, laboratory manager, production [...]

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