Top Louisiana College Leaders Resign as Trustees Consider Conservative Policies

The president and the chief academic officer at Louisiana College said last month that they would step down this summer, spurring concerns among faculty members and alumni who see the departures as a sign that conservative members of the college's Board of Trustees have increasing clout.

William Rory Lee, who has been president of the Southern Baptist college since 1997, said he was resigning to become executive director of the Mississippi Baptist Children's Village, a children's home

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