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Black, low-income students in Mississippi would lose thousands in college aid under proposed program

Molly Minta
October 14, 2021

Under the recommended changes to state financial aid, non-white students at four-year universities would lose $1.1 million while white students would gain nearly $1.6 million.

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‘What’s happening in this house is hurting me’: Why students at Alcorn State called for their president to resign

Molly Minta
October 12, 2021

Protests are rarely seen at Alcorn, the nation’s oldest historically Black land grant university, where students face pressure to resolve issues with administration internally.

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‘A slap in the face’: In surprise vote, Mississippi higher ed board bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Molly Minta
September 20, 2021

The move appears to make it the first higher education governing board in the country to do so.

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All but three Mississippi community colleges saw enrollment declines this fall

Molly Minta
September 16, 2021

About 64,000 students are attending community college this semester, a drop of around 3,500 students from last fall.

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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.

Molly Minta

September 1, 2021

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Mississippi college board votes to not require COVID-19 vaccine for students, faculty

Molly Minta
August 27, 2021

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.

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Mississippi higher ed board chooses not to focus on the pandemic as COVID cases surge

Molly Minta
August 20, 2021

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.

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Fact-check: Mississippi universities say they can’t require the COVID vaccine. IHL says they can.

Molly Minta
August 17, 2021

To date, no college or university in Mississippi is requiring students to receive the vaccine, though some are incentivizing it.

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Veteran activists championing HBCU funding are ready to pass the torch

Molly Minta
August 16, 2021

“This has to be a student-driven movement if it wants sustainability,” one civil-rights attorney said.

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‘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.

Molly Minta

August 12, 2021

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Black, low-income students in Mississippi would lose thousands in college aid under proposed program

‘What’s happening in this house is hurting me’: Why students at Alcorn State called for their president to resign

‘A slap in the face’: In surprise vote, Mississippi higher ed board bans COVID-19 vaccine mandates

All but three Mississippi community colleges saw enrollment declines this fall

How are Mississippi’s public universities tracking COVID cases?

Mississippi college board votes to not require COVID-19 vaccine for students, faculty

Mississippi higher ed board chooses not to focus on the pandemic as COVID cases surge

Fact-check: Mississippi universities say they can’t require the COVID vaccine. IHL says they can.

Veteran activists championing HBCU funding are ready to pass the torch

‘The only way to be truly safe’: Students, faculty urge colleges to require the COVID shot as officials look to incentives

New legislation would allow U.S. colleges to continue incentive-based student recruiting overseas

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Black, low-income students in Mississippi would lose thousands in college aid under proposed program

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‘What’s happening in this house is hurting me’: Why students at Alcorn State called for their president to resign