Southern U. Board Fires Chancellor of New Orleans Campus

The Southern University System Board of Supervisors voted this month to fire Joseph Bouie Jr., chancellor of the university's New Orleans campus.

The board's vote followed an audit that was highly critical of the campus, and a messy political fight over Mr. Bouie's decision to oust a vice chancellor who is married to a member of Congress. The vote was 9 to 2 in favor of dismissal, with one member abstaining.

Tony M. Clayton, the board member who introduced the motion to fire Mr.

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