Daily News | After a tumultuous tenure, Jason Wingard has resigned as Temple University president
Jason Wingard is out as president of Temple University after less than two years, the board announced Tuesday.
It also comes as the Temple Association of University Professionals, the faculty union, was preparing to hold a vote of no confidence in Wingard, and a letter by the school’s deans requested a meeting with Morgan over their concerns. Last week, a Temple News survey of 1,000 students showed 92% disapproved of Wingard’s performance, adding to the pileup.
It was not immediately known what prompted the seeming change in direction, or whether the university would pay out Wingard’s five-year contract or some other settlement. The university has declined to provide his salary or total compensation, which won’t be available through public records until later this year.
Temple’s board leaders announced last week they planned to take a stronger oversight role of the university as it faced what Morgan called an “unprecedented confluence of serious challenges.” Board leaders said they had formed a special committee to apply “more rigorous attention to urgent matters,” specifically campus safety, enrollment, and “university engagement and responsiveness,” between its quarterly board meetings.
In a message to the campus community, Morgan said a small group of senior Temple leaders would guide the school. “With this change in leadership, the board has asked that I stay on, given my experience and years here at Temple to help guide us in the future and to make Temple the best university it can be,” he said.
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