VMI's first Black superintendent says ouster is based on politics, not job performance

VMI’s first Black superintendent says ouster is based on politics, not job performance

The first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute says his forced departure by the board stems from bias, ideology and politics in the wake of diversity efforts rather than his job performance.

VMI's first Black superintendent says ouster is based on politics, not job performance

The first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute says his forced departure by the board stems from bias, ideology and politics in the wake of diversity efforts rather than his job performance. In his first statement since the board voted against renewing his contract, retired Army Maj. Gen. Cedric T. Wins said the decision was “a partisan choice that abandons the values of honor, integrity, and excellence upon which VMI was buil…

VMI leader blames ‘bias’ and ‘ideology’ for vote not to extend contract; more ...

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Wins accuses VMI board of bias

Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, the first Black superintendent at Virginia Military Institute, says the Board of Visitors' decision not to renew his contract was "a partisan choice" based W on "bias" that "abandons the values of honor, integrity and excellence…

VMI’s first Black superintendent says ‘bias, emotion and ideology’ kept board from extending his contract

RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) -- The first Black superintendent of the Virginia Military Institute (VMI) is weighing in after VMI's Board of Visitors declined to extend his contract. In a lengthy statement, he accused the board of allowing "bias, emotion and ideology" to sway their decision, which he called "partisan." Major General Cedric Wins has served as VMI's superintendent since 2020. He assumed that role shortly after scathing reports from both a …

‘Partisan choice’: VMI superintendent responds after vote not to extend contract • Virginia Mercury

Francis H. Smith Hall on the campus of the Virginia Military Institute. (Photo by Nathaniel Cline/Virginia Mercury)The Virginia Military Institute’s (VMI) first Black superintendent, Ret. Maj. Gen. Cedric Wins, says “partisan politics” played a key role in the Board of Visitors’ decision to not renew his contract — a move that comes after four and a half years of leadership at the nation’s oldest state-supported military college. “I am disappoin…