Molly Minta

The money from the 2002 settlement had been projected to run out at the end of this month.

A new report report offered questions for lawmakers to ask before determining how, if at all, the state boards should be restructured.

The owner of Hey Joe’s started a department trivia competition in 2009 because he thought his regulars, largely faculty, would appreciate the money as the state made deep cuts to higher ed. 

Faculty fear the changes will make it harder to get and keep tenure at Mississippi universities.

Starting July 9, benefit-eligible, hourly workers will see the minimum wage increase to $11.25 an hour.

Janice Jones makes about $10 an hour, the lowest wage on campus. 

The term is now a criteria university presidents can use to judge conduct in deciding whether to award tenure.

The revisions, the groups say, are “untenable” and “raise significant concerns under the First Amendment.”