US Politics
The Million-Dollar Chancellors: A Crisis of Priorities in Mississippi Higher Education
The University of Mississippi Chancellor Glenn Boyce and Mississippi State University President Mark Keenum have been awarded new four-year contracts making them Mississippi's highest-paid public university leaders, with annual compensation of around $1 million and additional retention payments potentially exceeding $1 million each. This staggering use of private foundation funds for executive pay, amidst a state with vast educational needs and stark disparities in presidential salaries across its own university system, represents a profound failure of public priorities and institutional accountability.
