Uproar Over Leadership Churn at Jackson State

Uproar Over Leadership Churn at Jackson State

The historically Black university’s president suddenly resigned earlier this month, spurring a larger discussion about its more than a decade of leadership turnover. The abrupt departure of Marcus Thompson, Jackson State University’s now-former president, who served for less than two years before leaving earlier this month, has sparked criticism of the Mississippi Institutions of Higher Learning, the body that oversees public universities in the…