The Mississippi Consortium for International Development (MCID), established in 1989 and headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, represents a collaborative endeavor of four historically Black institutions of higher learning in Mississippi: Alcorn State University; Jackson State University; Mississippi Valley State University; and Tougaloo College. Since its inception, the Consortium has rapidly gained an outstanding reputation in the management and implementation of international exchange and development training projects. Consortium objectives have been carried out through academic and technical training, technical assistance, leadership development, collaborative research, and social and cultural exchanges.

MCID has had extensive experience in project development and management through more than 500 international development and exchange projects involving countries in Africa, Asia, Central and Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Newly Independent States (NIS), and the Middle East. MCID has offices in Luanda, Angola; and Abuja, Nigeria; and representatives in South Africa, Russia, and Romania.