Southern University System President Ron Mason has suggested that the two sides come together to figure out the best path forward for the cash-strapped historically Black college.
The Advocate reports the bitter feud between Mason and some Southern University faculty members has continued to bubble over, following a unanimous Faculty Senate vote of “no confidence” and push for Mason’s ouster.
Mason has suggested that the two sides come together to figure out the best path forward for the cash-strapped historically Black college.
“My offer to sit and talk, in the interest of the students we serve, still stands,” Mason said in an email last week.
But leaders of the Faculty Senate have roundly rejected the offer.
“There are issues of trust and also the suspicion that he’s not acting in good faith in making this proposal,” Faculty Senate President Thomas Miller said.
The faculty leaders and Mason have sparred since shortly after he arrived at Southern University from Jackson State in 2010.
