Tougaloo College President Carmen J. Walters said a recent attempt by an alumni group to remove her as the university's president does not reflect the views of the greater body of Tougaloo graduates, and she called their allegations false.
As of Monday morning, 1,445 people had signed a petition towards a goal of 1,500 signatures advocating for a leadership change at the private 153-year-old historically black college in Jackson.
The Tougaloo College Alumni Coalition for Change has posted an online petition requesting the removal of the school’s current President Carmen J. Walters due to “repeated failures by the administration” concerning low enrollment, uninhabitable living conditions, and questionable fiscal practices.
Walters said the alumni coalition is not reflective of the official Tougaloo Alumni Association.
"This is a group of alums outside of the Alumni Association of Tougaloo College that is calling themselves a coalition," Walters said. "That group is seeking my removal, but the Tougaloo Committee Board and the Alumni of Tougaloo College directly are not seeking my removal."
Walters said she had no prior knowledge as to why the coalition wanted her removed as President and that the things put into question about her administration were false.
"Every alum is not a part of the Tougaloo Alumni Association," Walters said. "The role I play today and since my arrival coincides with the Alumni Association at Tougaloo College and the Board. When I arrived in 2019,...
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