by Wally Northway Published: September 12,2010
Tags: Alcorn State, Delta State University, Dr. Bill Kibler, Dr. Gerald Peoples, Dr. Hank Bounds, enrollment, IHL, Mississippi State University, Mississippi Valley State University, University of Mississippi, University of Southern Mississippi
Most universities challenged by increased enrollment State higher education leaders are calling it a “good problem.” Preliminary fall enrollment is up from fall 2009, with several institutions reporting record numbers. Now, universities are challenged to accommodate all of the new students while facing ever shrinking state appropriations. The State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) reports [...] [...]
Dr. Darrin Webb, a senior economist at the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) for nearly 15 years, has been selected as the new State Economist. He assumes the position immediately from Dr. Phil Pepper, who retired at the end of June. In his years at IHL, Webb has worked closely with the Revenue Estimating [...] [...]
COLUMBUS — Mississippi University for Women (MUW) president Claudia Limbert says she and Mississippi State University (MSU) officials will explore ways to consolidate operations. However, Limbert tells the Columbus Commercial Dispatch that the move “is not a merger” but an effort by the state College Board to address funding cuts. The College Board met with [...] [...]
In Jan. 25, Dr. Hank Bounds paced back and forth in an empty State Institutions of Higher Learning (IHL) board room. The usually upbeat commissioner of higher education sighed, looked over his notes and paced some more. Bounds was waiting on a meeting of the IHL’s Board of Trustees to finalize tuition hikes. As someone [...] [...]
The Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning voted and approved the allocation of state appropriated funds within the system. State appropriated funds for FY 2010, which include FY 2009 and FY 2010 American Recovery and Reinvestment Act dollars, total nearly $799.2 million. This represents a 1.3 percent increase over the original FY [...] [...]
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