December 8, 2006

Baylor Press Drops Plans for Book on University's Recent Past

By KATHERINE MANGAN

PRESIDENTIAL VETO: Baylor University has backed out of an agreement to publish a book about a tumultuous period in its recent history. The book's editors, a former provost and a history professor, have vowed to find another publisher, despite e-mail messages from the institution's former president who warned that the book was inaccurate and could "plunge the university into a new era of conflict and renewed animosities."

Baylor University Press dropped the book, titled Baylor Beyond

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