Sole Candidate Named for Louisiana State Post, and Other News

Louisiana State University may soon get a taste of the man who has done good things for New Mexico State University but who has also ruffled feathers and stirred controversy, The Chronicle reports. Mike Martin was recently named the sole finalist for the chancellor’s position at Louisiana State University at Baton Rouge.
The governing board at Prairie State College has chosen a new president, according to a report in the The Chicago Tribune. Eric Radtke, executive vice president of administration at Cuyahoga Community College, has been chosen from a slate of 55 candidates.
Support for the controversial president of West Virginia University is “weakening,” according to a story in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. The chairman of the university’s governing board failed to reiterate support for the president, Michael S. Garrison, who has been the subject of several faculty resolutions calling for his resignation.