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Uproar at Mount St. Mary’s

Simon P. Newman is president of Mount St. Mary’s U., in Maryland. The dispute over a retention plan he pushed has now sparked a round of casualties. The provost, who was asked to step down, remains on the faculty, but two other professors were fired.
Simon P. Newman is president of Mount St. Mary’s U., in Maryland. The dispute over a retention plan he pushed has now sparked a round of casualties. The provost, who was asked to step down, remains on the faculty, but two other professors were fired.

A controversial freshman-retention plan at Mount St. Mary’s University of Maryland, and the way the institution has handled the ensuing criticism, has cast the small Roman Catholic campus, and its president, Simon P. Newman, in a harsh light. You can read Chronicle coverage, along with commentaries, in these articles.