‘A slap in the face’: In surprise vote, Mississippi higher ed board bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates
The move appears to make it the first higher education governing board in the country to do so.
All but three Mississippi community colleges saw enrollment declines this fall
About 64,000 students are attending community college this semester, a drop of around 3,500 students from last fall.
How are Mississippi’s public universities tracking COVID cases?
These first weeks of the semester, researchers say, are prime time for outbreaks to occur on college campuses. Here's a a list of efforts state universities say they are taking to track, trace, and report COVID cases on campus.
Mississippi college board votes to not require COVID-19 vaccine for students, faculty
The 9–2 vote came the same week that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration fully approved Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, which many faculty and staff had hoped would open the door for the board or the universities to require the vaccine.
Mississippi higher ed board chooses not to focus on the pandemic as COVID cases surge
None of the state’s public universities are requiring students or faculty to get vaccinated despite hundreds of faculty across the state requesting they do so.
Fact-check: Mississippi universities say they can’t require the COVID vaccine. IHL says they can.
To date, no college or university in Mississippi is requiring students to receive the vaccine, though some are incentivizing it.
Veteran activists championing HBCU funding are ready to pass the torch
“This has to be a student-driven movement if it wants sustainability,” one civil-rights attorney said.
‘The only way to be truly safe’: Students, faculty urge colleges to require the COVID shot as officials look to incentives
As the fall semester approaches, many faculty, staff and students at Mississippi’s public colleges and universities say silence is emblematic of how state leadership at all levels has responded to the pandemic: Prioritizing politics and the economy over public health.
What you need to know about Mississippi’s new COVID guidelines for colleges
As the “primary health prevention strategy” to stem transmission of the virus, the new guidelines recommend all eligible students, faculty and staff receive the COVID-19 vaccine. It also urges colleges and universities to direct everyone on campus, regardless of vaccination status, to mask-up in all indoor facilities and in crowded outdoor settings.
They wrote campaign checks to Tate Reeves. Then he appointed them to powerful ed boards.
The insider appointments are indicative of a system of favoritism that excludes historically Black colleges and universities.