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Eighty-one percent of voting members expressed no confidence in the two leaders.

About 81% of the more than 1,000 faculty members who voted endorsed a no-confidence measure in both Provost Gregory N. Mandel and trustees board chair Mitchell Morgan.

The strike at Temple, therefore, was not just about material benefits for graduate workers: it was also about the long-term structural nature of what the contemporary university will be. It was about exposing the precarity of everyone—not just graduate workers but also adjuncts and even TT faculty—under academia’s current system.

She will replace Former Vice Dean of Executive Education at the Wharton School and 2000 GSE Ph.D. graduate Jason Wingard, who resigned from his position as president on March 28. 

What if Temple's real problem isn't "the manager" but "the owners," trustees with a privatized mindset. What if Temple were truly public?

JoAnne A. Epps, former Temple law school dean and provost who has spent nearly four decades at Temple, was named Temple's acting president Tuesday.

JoAnne Epps becomes the first African American woman president in the school's history.

The lawmakers said recent upheaval at Temple requires additional state oversight, following a series of issues that led to the resignation of Temple's president, Jason Wingard.

Former Temple President Jason Wingard officially resigned on March 31.

As Temple searches for its next president, the Editorial Board urges the university to set localized goals with thoroughly explained, realistic plans.