Mizzou Deans Responsible For Ouster Of Chancellor Loftin

By Steve Kraske,

Published December 1, 2015 at 3:30 PM CST

The November resignation of R. Bowen Loftin as chancellor of the University of Missouri's Columbia campus occurred at the height of student protests there and many attributed his decision to the unrest. Steve Kraske talks with the journalist who traced Loftin's stepping down to another source, one that began well before the first protestor's tent was pitched on the Mizzou quad.

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Jack Stripling is a senior reporter for The Chronicle of Higher Education. His article, How Missouri’s Deans Plotted to Get Rid of Their Chancellor was published by The Chronicle in November.

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