Word: marylanders
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...week later, outcry from Maryland legislators and faculty forced O'Malley to resign. "I am a realist," he told the Washington Post at the time. "The only way to end this controversy is resign...
...Maryland observers said that O'Malley's aggressive style had put him at the helm of Maryland's drive to reorganize its higher education system. But his hard-ball political style had also led to his demise, they said...
...Maryland educators and lawmakers will not easily return to business as usual. Many said they are frustrated and upset that the top choice out of 100 applicants turned down the job. White, who is Black, was also expected to ease racial tensions on campus and serve as a role model for minority students...
State leaders now are trying to learn from this academic debacle. There is debate over whether White's resignation reflects structural deficiencies in the Maryland educational system or merely a premature decision by White...
...controversy began after a conversation between White and Peter O'Malley, chair of the Maryland Board of Regents, which runs the state's higher education system. O'Malley told White of a plan to move the Maryland Law School and School of Social Work from the Baltimore campus to other colleges in O'Malley's own Prince Georges County...