Jackson State University President Marcus Thompson is responding after the university faculty senate declared no confidence in the Office of Academic Affairs
Jackson State University (JSU) has secured five new competitive grants totaling more than $7 million from the U.S. Department of Education. The grants are designed to elevate academic outcomes in school-age children in surrounding school systems through collaborative partnerships. Four of the five grants were funded by the Department of.
The governing board of Mississippi’s eight public universities has been planning to announce the next permanent president of Jackson State University on Oct. 23, according to a timeline of the search that was obtained through a public records request. A spokesperson for the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees wrote in an email that the timeline [.]