Mississippi Business Journal » State Institutions of Higher Learning http://msbusiness.com Mississippi Business Journal Sun, 19 May 2013 19:38:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Owens handed gavel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/owens-handed-gavel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=owens-handed-gavel http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/owens-handed-gavel/#comments Fri, 05 Apr 2013 21:01:57 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=73256 Ed Blakeslee has officially passed the gavel to Bob Owens, the incoming president of the board of trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning. Owens served as vice president of the board during Blakeslee’s term. Trustee Aubrey Patterson will serve as vice president during Owens’ term. Owens was appointed to the IHL board by Gov. [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2013/04/05/owens-handed-gavel/feed/ 0 Edney named interim ASU president http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/01/edney-named-interim-asu-president-2/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=edney-named-interim-asu-president-2 http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/01/edney-named-interim-asu-president-2/#comments Mon, 01 Feb 2010 06:00:45 +0000 MBJ Staff http://msbusiness.com/?p=18226 The Board of Trustees of the State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) voted unanimously yesterday to appoint former Southwestern Athletic Conference (SWAC) president Dr. Norris Edney to serve as interim president of Alcorn State University. Dr. George Ross, 58, will step down as Alcorn’s 17th president Feb. 5 to accept a new position as president [...]

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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/02/01/edney-named-interim-asu-president-2/feed/ 0 Ross says no talk of college mergers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/29/ross-says-no-talk-of-college-mergers/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ross-says-no-talk-of-college-mergers http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/29/ross-says-no-talk-of-college-mergers/#comments Fri, 29 Jan 2010 12:19:44 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=18201 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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]]> http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/29/ross-says-no-talk-of-college-mergers/feed/ 1 Bounds, Ross ask for more financial aid http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/27/bounds-ross-ask-for-more-financial-aid/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bounds-ross-ask-for-more-financial-aid http://msbusiness.com/blog/2010/01/27/bounds-ross-ask-for-more-financial-aid/#comments Wed, 27 Jan 2010 16:09:10 +0000 Associated Press http://msbusiness.com/?p=18133 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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