When outgoing presidents find their hiring powers limited

Image:  When Ruth Simmons assumed the presidency of Prairie View A&M University in 2017, it was considered a major boost to the historically Black university. She brought to the role decades of leadership experience, including stints as the president of Smith College and then Brown University, where she became the first Black president to lead any Ivy League institution. Prairie View A&M hired Simmons, then 71, in an interim capacity, luring her out of retirement for the job, which...