re: Ford Foundation Threatens to Pull $20 Million from Ole Miss

So can someone give some background here? What's the deal with the Chancellor? Why did the board think they could choose new hires (that's just not how it works)? Beyond one disagreement over one hiring why does the board have issues with the Chancellor?

With the Ford Foundation saying they will pull funding and Archie Manning asking them to reconsider it sounds like there's a lot more going on. Most wouldn't care one way or another about who the chancellor is unless there's more going on or the board is seen as a political/untrustworthy/corrupt entity.