Mississippi universities, colleges seek more funds, outline budget woes - Jeff Amy, Associated Press

Leaders of Mississippi’s eight public universities are ringing alarm bells about state funding, saying they could lose their ability to compete if funding cuts from recent years aren’t restored. In presentations Monday to legislators, Higher Education Commissioner Glenn Boyce and university presidents warned that Mississippi could fall further behind the nation economically if its universities can’t keep pace. “We live in a really competitive world and our competitor universities understand that investing in their higher education system is the surest way to have a competitive advantage,” Boyce told the House Appropriations Committee. https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/universities-colleges-seek-more-funds-outline-budget-woes/