Today’s Chronicle of Higher Education takes a long look at former West Liberty president Robin Capehart’s anti-faculty actions as president at Bluefield State University. The article is by Chronicle reporter, Eric Kelderman:

Robin Capehart, who calls himself “the Campus Maverick,” is openly fighting faculty in a way that few college presidents ever dare. https://t.co/pRH2dQ506M

— Eric Kelderman (@etkeld) July 26, 2023

Capehart is also an important part of a second article by Kelderman:

A Majority-White HBCU Tries to Reconcile With Its Racist Past, and Stumbles https://t.co/uRhjAHhQKS

— Eric Kelderman (@etkeld) July 26, 2023

(HBCU = Historically Black College University. Note – the articles should be free but you may have to register first.)

Capehart is a Wheeling-area native with a long connection to West Virginia Republican politics. This blog has followed some of Capehart’s recent actions. For example, this post describes the Republican connections that brought Capehart to Bluefield despite having plead guilty to state ethics violations at West Liberty. Check the Capehart link at the bottom for some of my more recent posts.