Met by protest, Ole Miss leader says he respects free speech
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) – The University of Mississippi’s new leader says he respects the “free expression” of students and faculty members who continue to protest the way a state board shortened its own search process to hire him.
Chancellor Glenn Boyce began working Monday on the main Ole Miss campus in Oxford, and protesters marched to demand his resignation.
Boyce spoke briefly to The Associated Press on Thursday after he left an Institutions of Higher Learning board meeting in Jackson. He said he will be “highly visible” in supporting students and will meet people individually and in small groups.
Boyce is a former IHL commissioner and was paid $87,000 by a university foundation to interview influential people about what qualities they wanted in a chancellor. He was hired despite not applying for the job.
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