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7 university presidents have left in the last year. Why is turnover so high?
By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,06/23/23-1:06PM , 1,197 Reads 18,658 Statewide

William LaForge — the former Delta State University president who was suddenly fired last summer — wants you to know this is not about “sour grapes.”
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Shad White speaks at the Westin Jackson Tuesday, November 5, 2019. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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‘Pet-a-puppy’ event, artist lectures, and support for student veterans are all DEI efforts, according to state auditor’s report
By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,06/13/23-1:34PM , 561 Reads 9,264 Statewide
A recent report from the State Auditor Shad White’s office found that Mississippi’s eight public universities spent at least $23 million on diversity, equity and inclusion, or DEI, initiatives since July 2019.
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Bill Stone, a retired NEMCC speech instructor, lectures the prison class about the role of anxiety in public speaking. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Prison education programs are primed to take off in Mississippi. Here’s what one class looks like.
By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Mon,06/12/23-3:56PM , 552 Reads 9,234 Statewide

In the back of the Alcorn County Correctional Facility, a regional prison in the top-right corner of Mississippi, is an ice-cold trailer.
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Carmen J. Walters speaks during a press conference at Tougaloo College's Woodworth Chapel Monday, March 18, 2019. Walters has been named Tougaloo's new president, replacing Beverly Wade Hogan who is retiring after 17 years. Credit: Eric J. Shelton, Mississippi Today/Report For America

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Yet another college president steps down, this time at Tougaloo
By MOLLY MINTA - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Wed,06/07/23-4:22PM , 501 Reads 9,580 Statewide
The president of Tougaloo College, a private historically Black institution in north Jackson, is leaving at the end of this month amid growing unhappiness with her leadership, notching another name in the growing list of college presidents in Mississippi who have resigned or been fired in the last year.
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