The fallout at the University of Missouri continued Monday evening with the announcement from Chancellor R. Bowen Loftin he will resign from his position effective at the end of the year. Loftin’s resignation comes hours after University of Missouri System president Tim Wolfe resigned from his position amid backlash from students at the University of Missouri regarding his handling of various race-related incidents on the campus.
Loftin had also come under pressure to step down from his post. On Monday, nine University of Missouri deans submitted a letter calling for Loftin’s resignation during a Board of Curators meeting that was rushed together on Monday morning. Loftin also received a vote of no-confidence from 26 members of the university’s English department. Criticisms of Loftin have ranged from handling of graduate student rights and the university’s relationship with Planned Parenthood, according to KOMU in Missouri.
Loftin was previously the chancellor at Texas A&M as the university switched conference affiliations between the Big 12 and SEC. He took on the same role at Missouri, who came to the SEC from the Big 12 with the Aggies, in February 2014.