Wingard's departure comes as graduate students have been striking for more than 40 days. The Philadelphia Inquirer, citing a source close to the dean, reported that enrollment has dropped 14% since 2019, with deposits for next year having plummeted by 25% compared with the same time last year.
The Temple Association of University Professionals, the faculty union, was reportedly planning on holding a no confidence vote for Wingard, Morgan and provost Gregory N. Mandel next month amid concerns over falling enrollment, financial issues, and labor disputes.
Wingard, the first Black president at Temple University, told a panel of state lawmakers last week that Philadelphia’s homicide rate has wrought a climate where students, faculty, parents and staff are afraid.
A Temple University police officer was shot and killed near the north Philadelphia campus last month.
Christopher Fitzgerald served with the Temple University police force since October 2021. He was shot and killed in the line of duty last month.
Officer Christopher Fitzgerald, 31, was shot after pursing three people dressed in black and wearing masks in an area where there had been a series of robberies and carjackings. Two youths were arrested nearby, and an 18-year-old suspect was taken into custody the following morning in neighboring Bucks County. Fitzgerald was the first Temple University officer killed in the line of duty, Temple University Public Safety Director Jennifer Griffin said. A father of five children, Fitzgerald joined the school’s police force in October 2021.
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Temple has always had the misfortune of being located in a really bad neighborhood along North Broad Street. There have been crime and safety issues there for many decades.
The enrollment drop is alarming. Many publics (such as URI) have increased their enrollments as they were more affordable than privates. Temple is however a city school that has catered primarily to the metro Philly area with a large number of them commuters. It consequently had a high minority enrollment with many students from lower income brackets. Students from these demographics may no longer be able to afford any college these days given the ever rising costs.
The enrollment drop is alarming. Many publics (such as URI) have increased their enrollments as they were more affordable than privates. Temple is however a city school that has catered primarily to the metro Philly area with a large number of them commuters. It consequently had a high minority enrollment with many students from lower income brackets. Students from these demographics may no longer be able to afford any college these days given the ever rising costs.
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