"Private foundations continue to supplement presidential salaries at six of the state's eight institutions of higher learning - creating inequities in administration salaries along racial and gender lines and giving indeterminate influence to the foundations in choosing the leadership of the state's Big Three universities." ... "How much influence do these private foundations have in the selection process of Mississippi university presidents? How can the state College Board really be independent of foundations that are, in the case of Mississippi State and Ole Miss, picking up half the tab of a presidential salary? And which master does the president serve?"