Mississippi agency puts Jackson State president on paid leave

■Associated Press The president of Jackson State University has been put on paid administrative leave, and a longtime faculty member has been named temporary acting president. The board that governs Mississippi’s eight public universities took the actions March 2 but did not disclose the reasons for taking Thomas K. Hudson away from the job he has held since November 2020 at the state’s largest…

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