Institutions of Higher Learning. This body appoints the president of the university. There are 575 faculty and 1,431 staff; 54% of the faculty are tenured, teaching approximately 7,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
=== Presidents ===
== Academics ==
JSU colleges and schools include:
College of Business
College of Education and Human Development
College of Liberal Arts
College of Health Sciences
College of Science, Engineering and Technology
W.E.B. Du Bois – Maria Luisa Alvarez Harvey Honors College
School of Public Health
School of Lifelong Learning
=== Teaching and learning ===
In 2015, JSU became the first university in Mississippi approved by the legislature to establish a School of Public Health which is housed under the College of Health Sciences. JSU is the only university in Mississippi to earn two consecutive "Apple Distinguished School" distinctions from Apple Inc. Since 2012, Jackson State University has provided all first-time, full-time freshmen brand new iPads. JSU is the first and …
