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College presidents now have final say on tenure after IHL quietly revises policy

The Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees will no longer approve tenure in Mississippi, per amended policies the board quietly approved at its regular meeting Thursday. Going forward, the presidents of

April 26, 2022

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How a tweet about eating a colleague almost stopped a professor from receiving tenure

A month after The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning took the unusual step of discussing whether to grant Professor James Thomas tenure, the board released minutes detailing

June 27, 2019

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Rare split vote to grant professor tenure detailed in IHL Board meeting minutes

More than a month after The Mississippi Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning took the unusual step of discussing whether to grant Professor James Thomas tenure, the board released

June 21, 2019

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Professor granted tenure after concern over past social media posts delays process

James Thomas, a sociology professor with a history of controversial social media posts, was granted tenure by the IHL Board of Trustees on Thursday. Thomas’s name was pulled from a list of

May 16, 2019

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