University of Missouri board stands by decision to fire Melissa Click

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – The University of Missouri system’s governing board is dismissing a national professors group’s claims that an educator was unjustly fired over her run-ins with student journalists. The curators rebuffed the American Association of University Professors’ contention that assistant communications professor Melissa Click didn’t get due process before the board fired her…

Last black University of Missouri curator steps down

COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – A second black member of the University of Missouri system’s governing board has resigned in a week, leaving no minority representation on the panel as the Columbia campus tries to mend from racial unrest. Gov. Jay Nixon on Monday confirmed the David Steward’s departure, which leaves three vacancies on the nine-member…