COLUMBIA - President Elson Floyd spoke to the University of Missouri community on Thursday, after announcing on Wednesday he will become the president of Washington State University.
Floyd began talks with Washington State University about a month ago, after four years as UM president.
"The most substantive conversations I had with the Board of Regents occurred on Tuesday night," he said. "As I mentioned, they voted me the temporary president of Washington State University. That's really all I can say about that process."
The University of Missouri Board of Curators will hold a closed-door meeting this Friday to discuss Floyd's resignation and possible departure date.
His successor as head of the four-campus Missouri system faces several challenges, including record-high 2006 enrollment, a 50-percent increase in cost-per-credit hour since 2002, and the state's higher education funding ranked 46th in the U.S.
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