MSU Sets Conference for Non-White Men Mississippi State University will hold a conference Aug. 31 on scholastic needs of non-white male students at the university and beyond.
Miss. State Expects Record Fall EnrollmentMississippi State University President Mark Keenum says the university is undergoing massive infrastructure upgrades and expects record fall enrollment.
Tougaloo College Acquires TV StationTougaloo College announced yesterday that it had agreed to acquire television station WUFX-TV, Channel 35, in Jackson.
Ex-Greenville Superintendent Pleads Guilty Former Greenville Schools Superintendent Harvey Franklin Sr. has pleaded guilty to overpaying the owner of a Conyers, Ga., reading company and getting more than $47,000 back in bribes and kickbacks.
Reeves Attacks Graduation Rate OmissionLt. Gov. Tate Reeves says the Mississippi Board of Education made a mistake when it decided to omit high school graduation rates from school ratings this year.
Why Are Our Kids Last? Jackson-area child advocacy organizations say Mississippi's kids don't have to be in last place.
Money Helps Miss. Colleges Cut Energy UsageThree Mississippi universities will share in a $725,000 Department of Energy grant to develop programs to reduce energy consumption 20 percent by 2020.
College Promises: Too Good To Be True Shirley Washington and Tiffeny Anderson had been kicking around the idea of going back to school when they came across advertisements for Virginia College. Actually, Washington stresses, the college ran "constant ads" on daytime television.
Mississippi Kids Still 50thMississippi is breaking even when it comes to how child children are faring. In the Annie E. Casey Foundation's annual Kids Count survey, Mississippi remained the worst state in the nation for child well-being (the state also finished 50th in …
Helping Young ExplorersUnited Way received a grant from IBM, a multinational technology corporation, for three Young Explorer learning centers last week.
Shirley Washington and Tiffeny Anderson had been kicking around the idea of going back to school when they came across advertisements for Virginia College. Actually, Washington stresses, the college ran "constant ads" on daytime television.
United Way received a grant from IBM, a multinational technology corporation, for three Young Explorer learning centers last week.