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Dr. Tracy Cook is the third Alcorn State president and the second on an interim basis since the HBCU fired its first woman leader in April.

Mississippi State University opened a college focused on nontraditional students, establishing new policies and practices with adult learners’ perspectives at the forefront of degrees and programs. As higher ed professionals look to weather the demographic cliff, many colleges and universities are hoping to pick up more adult learners to fill enrollment gaps.

The governing board of Mississippi's university system announced that Alcorn State's interim president is leaving to focus on his family.

One fired college president warned his former peers: "Watch your back."

Rodney D. Bennett, priority candidate to become chancellor of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, answered questions from the campus community during last week’s chancellor forums held in locations across City and

MSU President Mark E. Keenum and the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees both released statements Thursday [June 8] regarding a report from the State Auditor on university diversity programs.

Trustees typically keep thoughts like these to executive sessions, but Mississippi Today has reprinted the notes, when legible, exactly as they appear in the records. 

The IHL board has hired Academic Search to help trustees pick a permanent replacement for Thomas Hudson at Jackson State University.

Meeting minutes made public last week and first reported by Mississippi Today show that the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees fired Alcorn State University president Felecia Nave on a unanimous vote, shedding some light on her abrupt exit.