Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 8 - Education - Institutions of Higher Learning
Part 1 - Authorization
Chapter 1
Section 8-1-1-101.01 - CONSTITUTIONAL

The state institutions of higher learning now existing in Mississippi, to-wit: University of Mississippi, Mississippi State University of Agriculture and Applied Science, Mississippi University for Women, University of Southern Mississippi, Delta State University, Alcorn State University, Jackson State University, Mississippi Valley State University, and any others of like kind which may be hereafter organized or established by the State of Mississippi, shall be under the management and control of a board of trustees to be known as the Board of Trustees of State Institutions of Higher Learning, the members thereof to be appointed by the Governor of the state with the advice and consent of the Senate.

Miss. Const. Art. VIII, Section 213-A