Southern Miss Makes Changes in ED Degree Program

The University of Southern Mississippi will ask the state College Board to approve splitting its economic development department and dropping "economic development" from the College of Business and Economic Development.

Southern Miss President Shelby Thames wants to shift the department's degree programs so that the College of Business and Economic Development can maintain its accreditation through the American Association of Schools of Business, he said during Wednesday's meeting of the President's Council.

"Because economic development is a new field, there are not a lot of PhDs in the field," Thames said. "We want to keep the program going and not impair the accreditation."

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