Racial tensions were merely the tip of the iceberg leading to the dramatic resignations Monday of University of Missouri President Tim Wolfe and Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin, according to professors, students, state lawmakers and others. Both men made a series of enemies among faculty, graduate students and legislators, these people said. As students’ discontent over a series of recent racial incidents escalated, they found few ready supporters around campus, they added. State Rep. Steve Cookson, chairman of the Higher Education Committee, called for Mr. Wolfe’s resignation in recent days, but said it wasn’t in support of the student protests. Instead, he said in a statement that he wanted to “shine a light on ongoing problems at the university.”

November 10, 2015 ・ From The Wall Street Journal