FILE _ Jackson State University Thomas K. Hudson, right, presidents an honorary degree to JSU president emeritus John A Peoples Jr. on Oct. 28, 2021, in Jackson, Miss. The board that governs Mississippi's eight public universities put Hudson on paid administrative leave on Thursday, March 2, 2023, and named Elaine Hayes-Anthony as temporary acting president. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The president of Jackson State University will resign at the end of this month, weeks after the board that governs Mississippi's eight public universities put him on paid administrative leave and months after the JSU faculty senate took a vote of no confidence in him.