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University of Tennessee Chancellor Beverly Davenport Fired

May 3, 2018May 3, 2018 Admin

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The first woman Chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Beverly Davenport, has been fired effective July 1 although she will remain on the payroll as a tenured professor of Communications. Davenport began her tenure as Chancellor in February, 2017 but was terminated by President Joe DiPietro for a number of…

University of Tennessee-Knoxville To Decide How To Use Restored State Diversity Funding

May 31, 2017May 30, 2017 Wendy Wilson

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A year after the state legislature diverted its diversity funding, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville will see the funding come back July 1, but school officials have yet to decide how to spend it, reports the Knoxville News Sentinel. The school will receive $445,882 in state funding for diversity, an allocation…