Molly Minta

Mississippi high school students who take dual-credit courses go to college at the nation's highest rate, according to a recent report.

Mississippi high school students who take dual-credit courses go to college at the nation's highest rate, according to a recent report.

Mississippi high school students who take dual-credit courses go to college at the nation's highest rate, according to a recent report.

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A federal judge is allowing a sex discrimination lawsuit against Mississippi's iniversities governing board to move forward over hiring of the JSU president.

A former Jackson State University administrator's sex discrimination lawsuit against Mississippi's public university governing board will proceed, a federal judge ruled in a lengthy order this week.

Mississippi's universities' governing board raised the salaries of Joe Paul at Southern Miss and Jerryl Briggs at Mississippi Valley State.

Dawn McLin’s lawsuit is not the only one facing the university and its governing board over recent hirings and firings.

University of Mississippi students walk to class on the Oxford campus. Credit: Molly Minta/Mississippi Today

Mississippi universities scrambled to understand the far-reaching implications of a memo issued by the White House late Monday night that ordered