Business

Nissan donates $250K to six HBCUs in state

The Mississippi Link Newswire Today Nissan announced the donation of $250,000 to six local Historically Black Colleges and Universities to promote science, technology engineering and mathematics initiatives at each school to inspire and develop talent. […]

Education

Jackson State gains control of endowment

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Jackson State University will become the second of Mississippi’s three historically black universities to gain control of an endowment set aside in a desegregation lawsuit. Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce announced […]

Editorials

CURRY: Selling Out Black College Football to Make a Buck

By George E. Curry

Editor, NNPA
I cringed as the scores came in over the weekend. Ohio State 76, Florida A&M 0. Florida State 54, Bethune-Cookman 6. Miami 77, Savannah State 7. Our HBCUs have traded their proud, rich football heritage for money. And I don’t think it’s worth it… […]

Education

Alcorn State University repeats as one of the top public schools in the South in US News and World Report Rankings

The Mississippi Link Newswire

Alcorn State University students and alumni are proud that Alcorn keeps ranking high as one of the best colleges in the United States. The 2014 “US News and World Report” rankings released today confirmed Alcorn’s standing as No. 29 among Historically Black Colleges and Universities and No. 35 amid Top Public Schools (Regional South).

Alcorn’s overall ranking No. 77 among the South’s regional universities is a testament to the… […]