‘A huge victory’: Minimum wage workers at USM get pay raise after protest
Starting July 9, benefit-eligible, hourly workers will see the minimum wage increase to $11.25 an hour.
‘We need it’: How one custodian is fighting fear to get a pay raise at U. of Southern Mississippi
Janice Jones makes about $10 an hour, the lowest wage on campus.
What does ‘contumacious’ mean? The history behind new tenure policies in Mississippi
The term is now a criteria university presidents can use to judge conduct in deciding whether to award tenure.
Free speech organizations ask IHL to roll back ‘ripe for abuse’ tenure changes
The revisions, the groups say, are “untenable” and “raise significant concerns under the First Amendment.”
Report: Mississippi’s proposed college aid program will create ‘new problems’ for low-income students
"Designing programs that allow students who cannot afford college on their own is the most promising strategy for ensuring a high return on the state’s investment.”
Tuition increases at every Mississippi public university but Jackson State
For the coming school year, average in-state tuition will increase by $177, from $8,219 to $8,396 a year.
College presidents now have final say on tenure after Mississippi board quietly revises policy
Before granting tenure, presidents can now take into account a faculty member’s “effectiveness, accuracy and integrity in communications” as well as their “collegiality” — new language the board added to its policies.
Mississippi to award new forgivable loan programs for health-related degrees for first time since 2015
After years of budget woes, the Legislature fully funded Mississippi's college financial aid programs this session.
‘We’re teachers too’: Community college faculty feel shortchanged by legislative raises
Mississippi’s 15 community colleges have long struggled to retain top faculty. Now some are saying the money lawmakers appropriated this year for them will not be enough to ensure their salaries stay competitive with K-12 teachers'.
Ole Miss strikes $5 million research deal with multi-level marketing company
The university's partnership with doTerra, which sells essential oils, raises questions about how a university’s stamp of approval can help these companies obscure an exploitative business model.