Virginia Lawmakers Study Challenges for Colleges

JACKSON – Enrollment this fall fell from an all-time high at Mississippi’s eight public universities and declined for the seventh straight year at the state’s 15 community colleges.

Preliminary counts released Friday show students decreasing 1.6 percent at universities and 0.9 percent at community colleges.

Jackson State University shrank 12.5 percent, the most among the universities. Spokeswoman Maxine Greenleaf said the school cut back on aid to students as the university deals with a financial crisis and purged students with overdue bills more quickly.

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