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Morgan State University's board on Friday reversed itself, and extended the contract of President David Wilson by one year, The Baltimore Sun reported. The board's decision this month to oust Wilson -- after his contract expires at the end of the academic year, stunned and angered many students, faculty members and alumni. The vote to oust Wilson was 8-to-7, and board members repeatedly declined to explain why they wanted him gone. While the board's action on Friday came in response to an outpouring of support for the president, some of his backers were not impressed with the one-year extension on his contract. The head of a campus employee union told the Sun that the one-year extension was "a death sentence," and "just a smoke screen they put up."
