Jason Wingard, the first Black president at Temple University, is resigning after a tumultuous tenure of less than two years and amid a surge of violence that has affected the north Philadelphia campus.
The university announced Tuesday evening that the board of trustees had accepted Wingard's resignation, which takes effect Friday, and lauded him for what it called significant contributions to the university's mission.
Officials said "a small group of senior Temple leaders" would be designated to guide the university while another president is being sought. Wingard told a panel of state lawmakers last week that Philadelphia’s homicide rate has wrought a climate in which students, faculty, parents and staff are afraid.
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