Haskell president’s return delayed

LAWRENCE, Kan. (AP) – The president of Haskell Indian Nations University is headed to her second temporary assignment rather than returning to lead the Lawrence school.

The federal Bureau of Indian Education told The Associated Press that starting in January Linda Sue Warner will work in the agency’s Oklahoma City regional office. She was sent to New Mexico in September on what the government said was another temporary assignment.

Warner came under heavy criticism at Haskell when she proposed increasing student fees at the heavily subsidized college from $215 per semester to $1,000. Students started a petition drive to get her fired.

Haskell is a former Indian boarding school and junior college and is the only four-year college operated by the federal government for American Indians. Students do not pay tuition.