TOPEKA — A former interim president of Emporia State University contends mass dismissal of more than 30 faculty brands the institution as a higher education outcast and undermines recruitment and retention of quality students and faculty.
Ed Flentje, who served as interim ESU president in 2011, expressed concern in a letter to Jon Rolph, chairman of the Kansas Board of Regents. His request the Board of Regents rescind removal of 33 faculty mirrored a plea by a representative of the American Association of University Professors, who denounced the firings as an intrusion into…
