The next leader of the historically Black university faces extreme pressure from constituent groups and state legislators under a changing higher education landscape.
Candice Wilder
Mississippi Today
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Jackson State students call on administration to address ‘an unfair housing crisis’
More than 380 students at the historically Black university have signed a petition demanding school officials address housing and financial aid concerns.
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Mississippi colleges and universities stand to lose $32.5M for research under Trump administration
An analysis from the Center of American Progress shows the federal administration has canceled more than 4,000 grant awards at over 600 colleges and universities across the country.
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IHL reps assure wary JSU alumni that president search will be ‘open and engaging’
Questions still linger over whether the board will follow its policies and procedures for the leadership search this time.
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Pell grant changes in ‘One Big Beautiful Bill’ could affect nearly 80,000 Mississippi college students
Higher education officials and advocates warn the proposed changes to Pell Grants would hamper college access.
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Groups sue Mississippi education boards over new DEI law
A coalition of civil rights and legal organizations filed a federal lawsuit Monday against Mississippi’s education boards challenging diversity, equity and inclusion policies imposed by the Legislature at public schools, colleges and universities. The complaint was filed Monday in the Southern District Federal Court by the American Civil Liberties Union of Mississippi and partner legal groups against […]
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How Mississippi’s HBCUs are navigating Trump’s federal funding cuts
Tougaloo College and Jackson State University professors say exposure to learning opportunities and career paths for students could be lost.
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‘Three strikes and you’re out’: Jackson State alums and lawmakers urge transparency with IHL board
The San Jose Evergreen Community College District offers a course at a local middle school, and plans to offer more in the future. The college faculty union worries that the students are too young.
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Jackson State President Marcus Thompson resigns
For the second time in three weeks, the state’s universities governing board met to discuss a personnel matter related to the historically Black university.
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Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws
Lawmaker says the removal of scholarly material from library databases would provoke backlash in a state where minorities have fought for equal access to education.