Texas Southern University president fired after heated board meeting

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HOUSTON — The president of one of the largest historically black colleges in the United States is out.

After a very heated and often contentious meeting at Texas Southern University, the board of regents voted to remove President Austin Lane late Tuesday night.

The board appointed CFO Kenneth Huewitt as interim president.

The meeting…