As the search continues for Jackson State University's new president, a panel of educators including (from left) Board of Trustee member Gee Ogletree, Commissioner of Higher Learning Al Rankings, Jr. and search committee chair Steven Cunningham jot down notes during a listening session held on campus to allow feedback from faculty and students, Wednesday, April 19, 2023. Credit: Vickie D. King/Mississippi Today
“Even assuming the truth of Mays Jackson’s allegations for purposes of this motion only, they at best suggest that Rankins sought to promote Hudson based on his alleged personal friendship,” IHL argued in a recent motion to dismiss.
