The university is now searching for an interim provost and a permanent replacement.
Molly Minta
Mississippi Today
Higher education reporter at Mississippi Today in partnership with Open Campus.
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Only JSU alum on IHL board votes against allowing acting president to apply for permanent role
In recent years, the IHL board has tended to hire interim presidents instead of conducting a full-blown national search at the state’s universities.
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Delta State president affirms inclusivity but says interim band director who mocked trans people will keep his job, emails show
Daniel Ennis wrote in the 6:11 p.m. email that the U.S. Constitution protects free speech
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Delta State president gauges band students’ response to interim director’s anti-LGBTQ+ podcast rhetoric
Daniel Ennis invited students to share any information with him that would help him “as an outsider” better understand the situation.
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New band director at Delta State mocked trans people, women and other groups on podcast
The university declined to comment on its hiring of Steven Hugley, the new interim band director, who repeatedly misgendered notable trans people on his conservative commentary podcast, “Always Right.”
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Nearly 9,500 Mississippians eligible for loan forgiveness under new Biden administration plan
Nearly 9,500 Mississippians will see their student loans automatically discharged following changes made by the U.S. Department of Education to its income-driven repayment program — a small portion of the more than 439,000 Mississippians who hold student loan debt. The move, which President Joe Biden’s administration unveiled last year, comes on the heels of the […]
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Mississippi public universities to review admissions policies following U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Gov. Tate Reeves said the ruling will make Mississippi’s colleges and universities stronger, but it’s unclear if any currently consider race as a factor in admissions.
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439,000 Mississippians won’t see student debt relief following U.S. Supreme Court decision
The plan plan would have primarily benefited Black, brown and low-income borrowers, who nationally and in Mississippi have higher averages of student debt than white, wealthier borrowers.
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IHL: Alcorn State interim president leaving after two months to focus on family
The governing board of Mississippi’s public university system announced that Alcorn State University’s interim president is leaving next month to focus on his family. The change, which the Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees approved in a special called executive session on Thursday, comes a little over two months after Ontario Wooden was appointed […]
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7 university presidents have left in the last year. Why is turnover so high?
“There’s been nothing like this exodus in the near past, in my lifetime,” the recently fired Delta State University president said.