Molly Minta

Counter-protestors vastly outnumbered the Free Palestine demonstrators at Ole Miss in first such campus protest in Mississippi.

It’s back to the drawing board for efforts to expand college financial aid to low-come Mississippians.

The study from University of Alabama at Birmingham found that teen births are not “universally negative life events” for adolescent mothers of different socioeconomic backgrounds.

Mark Keenum, the president of Mississippi State University, and Glenn Boyce, the University of Mississippi chancellor, now make $950,000 a year.

Delta State Uiversity will notify faculty of layoffs on a case-by-case basis in six to eight weeks.

Community colleges, universities and private institutions are among the schools affected by the Kansas judge’s unusual ruling.

The joint motion filed by District Attorney Ben Creekmore and the Sheldon Timothy Herrington Jr.'s defense is very rare, one legal expert says.

Ole Miss, as other universities around the state have done, is working to restructure its DEI programming should lawmakers ponder a ban.

Jackson State University faculty senate president Dawn McLin faces possible termination for allegedly abusing the power of the position.

Terry Pegues told Mississippi Today he is asking for a federal investigation due to "false facts" before hanging up the phone.

Ole Miss will create a Division of Access, Opportunity and Community Engagement to redouble efforts to help more students attend and graduate college amid the looming enrollment cliff.

Changes to USM's mission and vision statements are not related to political headwinds facing DEI initiatives, a university spokesperson said.

Nine Delta State University faculty members last week received terminal contracts for the upcoming school year.

USM'considers cutting under-enrolled programs in the face of an increasingly competitive future for higher education in Mississippi.

Ole Miss Vice Chancellor Charlotte Fant Pegues faces 10 counts of animal cruelty.

An unpublicized process at Mississippi State University helps well-connected students secure spots in its best and newest dorms.

JSU is seeking IHL board's approval to purchase and rehab an empty downtown Jackson hotel for student housing.

The faculty senate at the University of Southern Mississippi voted no-confidence in an administrative plan to cut low-enrolled programs. 

The access division at Ole Miss replaces the university's Division of Diversity and Community Engagement.

Advocacy groups and some Mississippi universities help students navigate the state's barriers to the ballot box.