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IHL meeting minutes show the board terminated Felecia Nave as president of Alcorn State University, offering more clarification than the board has provided in other instances of presidential turnover this year.
Kent Nicaud is among several Reeves campaign donors who landed coveted taxpayer-funded appointments during his first term as governor.
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
Four presidents have left Mississippi’s eight public institutions since last June, with little explanation. Critics say the system board’s hiring practices are largely to blame. The presidents of four of Mississippi’s eight public universities have departed since last June, raising questions about the rapid pace of executive turnover in the state system.
Though Taylor gave an interview to a local paper last week announcing she was leaving, it’s unclear if she stepped down or was fired.