National Center for Higher Education Management Systems will collect data from all of the state universities to draft potential funding models for IHL’s consideration.

The Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning Board of Trustees is preparing to consider the use of a more modern funding allocation model thanks to the help from a non-profit.

The IHL Board is working with the National Center for Higher Education Management Systems (NCHEMS) to review the state’s eight public universities over the next several months to help find the best model to ensure the state’s employment needs are met while serving the state’s college age population at large.

Brian Prescott, President of NCHEMS, said during Thursday’s meeting of the IHL Board that they are still early in process, having only enter

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