Is Dan Jones this year's Teresa Sullivan? On Friday, the state higher education board in Mississippi announced, without detail on why, that it would not renew the contract of Jones, who has been chancellor of the University of Mississippi since 2009. The news surprised Jones as well as faculty and student leaders at the university, where many think he has been highly successful -- on academic issues and finances. The next day, the board issued a new statement on the nonrenewal, which it attributed to Jones failing to make necessary changes in the university medical center, but that statement too lacked detail, and has not calmed the discussion.

March 23, 2015 ・ From Inside Higher Ed