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Molly Minta covers higher education for Mississippi Today. Email her at mminta@mississippitoday.org
Some Mississippi borrowers will benefit from $8 million student loan settlement
Mississippi borrowers who qualify under the settlement will see their debt erased in the next 90 days.
Mississippi continues to give financial aid to students who can already afford college, report shows
Of the nearly 25,000 students who received state aid last school year, 20% were from families that make less than $30,000 a year. Nearly 50% came from families with an annual income greater than $75,000.
‘Everybody is getting it’: Anxiety high as colleges start spring semester
Across Mississippi, students and faculty are returning to campus for a spring semester they’d hoped would be close to normal. Officials at the Mississippi State Department of Health are warning they will bring high case numbers with them.
The settlement that aimed to desegregate higher education in Mississippi, explained
Come July, the Legislature will have fulfilled its obligations in the $503 million payout that effectively ended the class-action lawsuit known as Ayers v. Fordice. What has it accomplished?
Alcorn State foundation requests 22% raise for president
Felecia Nave could be getting a $55,000 raise, pending approval of the state higher education board.
These Mississippi students camped out to get a sign on ESPN ‘College GameDay’ about… financial aid?
Two seniors at the University of Mississippi wanted to raise awareness about a new policy that could affect tens of thousands of college students in the state.
College board OK’s University of Mississippi funding controversial drug unit for another year
What makes the Metro Narcotics Unit somewhat unique is its practice of recruiting college students to work undercover in lieu of arrest. At any given time, the unit oversees between 30 and 45 informants, according to statistics it provides to UM, and most new informants are students.
The racial and economic impact of Mississippi’s proposed financial aid program
The proposal would change how thousands of students pay for college — and whether they even go.
More states are increasing focus on need-based financial aid. Not Mississippi.
If a Mississippi proposal is adopted, white students would see their financial aid awards increase, while Black and low-income students’ awards would decrease by hundreds, in some cases thousands, of dollars.
Got a 17 on your ACT? Mark Keenum doesn’t want you at Mississippi State.
Too often, the university's president said, Mississippi’s financial aid programs go to poor, lower-performing kids and take money away from students with high ACT scores.