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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.
Jason Wingard resigns as president of Temple University after less than two years, the board announced Tuesday.
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Wingard, 51, who led Temple since July 2021, tendered his resignation and the board accepted it, the board chair said. "A strong core group of senior administrators" will help lead the university.
Temple University's first Black President Jason Wingard is resigning amid safety concerns and dropping enrollment as crime plagues the northern Philadelphia campus.
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Also, president Jason Wingard, who is facing a no-confidence vote by the faculty union, said he intended to pause some initiatives in the strategic plan to focus on campus safety and enrollment.