Baylor Fires Its President

Citing widespread unrest among faculty members and alumni, Baylor University’s regents fired the president, John M. Lilley, effective immediately, according to a report in The Chronicle.

Just three years ago, then-president Robert B. Sloan Jr. left the job amid controversy.

While his predecessor’s downfall was marked by deep philosophical rifts over the future of Baylor, the world’s largest Baptist university, Mr. Lilley’s firing appears to be due instead to clashes over his management decisions and style.

Said Howard K. Batson, chair of the regents: ““A lot of the faculty were upset, and our faculty are important to us. The board lost the confidence in John’s ability to unite the various Baylor constituencies.”

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