Southern University Faculty Bristles Over Faculty Appointment: Dr. Lisa Delpit is beginning a professorship at Southern University’s Baton Rouge campus in the middle of a rancorous dispute between faculty and administrators.
The debate has centered on the chancellor’s appointment of the renowned scholar and author to a $120,000-a-year position that was supposed to have been funded by a $2 million endowment.
Problem is: No money was raised for the endowment, so state funds will pay her salary in the College of Education as dozens of employees are being laid off amid budget cuts.
