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Five public universities including Ole Miss and Mississippi State saw an increase in enrollment or stayed steady this year, according to new IHL data.

Five public universities including Ole Miss and Mississippi State saw an increase in enrollment or stayed steady this year, according to new IHL data.

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Lance Nail, who previously served as the University of Southern Mississippi's College of Business dean from 2008 to 2012, has returned to USM as provost.

President Joe Paul announced at a meeting of select faculty and students on Tuesday that he had picked a new provost at University of Southern Mississippi: Lance Nail, the candidate whose checkered past sparked student protests, more than 1,000 signatures on a change.org petition and letters from faculty opposing his hiring.  The selection is now […]. Local Mississippi Breaking News Story from CBS 12 New WJTV, your Jackson, MS news leader

According to the university, Nail is expected to take his position on July 1.

A protest at the University of Southern Mississippi on Tuesday raised concerns about the checkered employment history of Lance Nail, one of four finalists in the provost search, who is being considered for the job despite resigning over scandals at Texas Tech University in 2015.

Dozens of students gathered in the free speech zone on the University of Southern Mississippi’s campus, protesting a finalist in the school’s search for a new provost.

Chuck Scianna’s email offers a look at how university donors in Mississippi, who have extraordinary access to powerful administrators, view the role of community feedback in the largely confidential search-and-selection process of key university hires.