At the U. of Missouri, Searching for President Everything
The University of Missouri system is looking for a new president, but given the system's recent upheaval a better title for the new leader might well be "miracle worker." The previous president, Timothy M. Wolfe, resigned in November following widespread protests over racial problems at the flagship campus, in Columbia. The system is still reeling from the demonstrations that led to the resignations of Mr. Wolfe and R. Bowen Loftin, the Columbia campus’s chancellor. Fallout also lingers from a host of related controversies, including the case of Melissa Click, the assistant professor of communication who was fired after being caught on camera trying to block student journalists from covering the protests.