A Mississippi State University staff physician who had an inappropriate relationship with a graduate student who was also his patient remained employed at the student health center for a year after a nurse reported concerns to the Title IX office.
Molly Minta
Mississippi Today
Higher education reporter at Mississippi Today in partnership with Open Campus.
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In unusual letter, Mississippi State president comments on potential cuts to research funding
As MSU works to comply with memo on race-based programming and admissions, Mark Keenum expresses concern for federal research dollars.
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‘Let us do our jobs’: Mississippi universities growing weary of Trump’s crusade on diversity
The far-reaching memos, directives and executive orders, issued at a rapid pace in the first month of Donald Trump’s presidency, have roiled campuses across the country and in Mississippi.
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Anti-DEI bill would create taskforce to study ‘efficiency’ in university system
A Senate bill seeking to ban diversity, equity and inclusion offices on Mississippi college campuses would also create a taskforce to study how the state’s higher education system can become more efficient, a discussion some have feared is the opening salvo in an effort to close or merge universities.
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Mississippi universities scramble to understand impact of federal grant pause: ‘It’s a lot’
Mississippi’s universities are scrambling to gauge impact of Trump memo temporarily freezing federal grants.
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UMMC refuses to answer questions about shuttered diversity office
The University of Mississippi Medical Center is refusing to answer questions about its shuttered diversity office.
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‘Something to be proud of’: Dual-credit students in Mississippi go to college at nation’s highest rate
The vast majority of the state’s high school students who take college classes enroll in a two- or four-year university.
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Efforts to expand college financial aid programs to return next session
Mississippi lawmakers will be asked to consider a bill to expand the state’s college financial aid programs for the second session in a row. This year’s proposal is the same as last’s: To double the amount of money some students receive through the Mississippi Resident Tuition Assistance Grant and open up the program to adult […]
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‘Easy to just write us off’: Rural students’ options shrink as colleges slash majors
As enrollments fall, rural-serving universities are shedding degree programs from music to chemistry.
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The board governing Mississippi’s public universities deletes the word ‘diversity’ from its policies
The governing board of Mississippi’s public universities voted Thursday to delete the word “diversity” from several policies.