IHL board rubber-stamps Delta State program cuts by Violet Jira, Mississippi Today June 20, 2024 The governing board of Mississippi’s eight public universities summarily approved a plan Thursday to resuscitate Delta State University’s ailing budget. The lengthy list of program deletions was among the first of 60 items on the consent agenda that were unanimously approved, with no comment or discussion during the board’s meeting.
The group meets as needed, and recently met with Senate Colleges and Universities Committee Chair Nicole Akins Boyd, R-Oxford. When asked why Delta State is important to Mississippi, Hubbard pointed to the school’s location in the Delta. “All the universities are important — I think the location of Delta State is important for a lot of reasons economically as well as educationally,” she said. “I think they have a goal to reach certain students and that’s very important.