Editing Ken Starr (section)

== Baylor University ==
[[File:Ken Starr (51699279991) (cropped).jpg|thumb|180px|right|Starr in November 2021]]
Starr was the Duane and Kelly Roberts Dean and Professor of Law at [[Pepperdine University]], when on February 15, 2010, Baylor University announced that it would introduce Starr as its newest president.<ref name="RossStarr2010Feb" /> Starr became Baylor's 14th president, replacing [[John M. Lilley|John Lilley]] who was ousted in mid‑2008<!-- (interim presidents are not counted in the list of Baylor's presidents) -->.<ref name="BaylorAJ20100216">{{cite news|url=http://www.lubbockonline.com/stories/021610/sta_563511828.shtml|title=Ex-Clinton prosecutor Starr named Baylor president|first=Angela K.|last=Brown|date=February 16, 2010|work=Avalanche-Journal|place=Lubbock, Texas|access-date=February 16, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714001903/http://lubbockonline.com/stories/021610/sta_563511828.shtml|archive-date=July 14, 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Starr was introduced as the new president on June 1, 2010.<ref>Woods, Tim [http://www.wacotrib.com/news/Ken-Starr-to-step-into-Baylor-presidency-starting-today.html Ken Starr to meet Baylor faculty, staff, students today] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120427120747/http://www.wacotrib.com/news/Ken-Starr-to-step-into-Baylor-presidency-starting-today.html |date=April 27, 2012 }}, ''Waco Tribune-Herald'', 2010 June 1 (accessed 2010 June 13).</ref>

His inauguration was held on September 17, 2010, where [[Stephen L. Carter]] was the keynote speaker.<ref>[http://www.baylor.edu/inauguration/ The Inauguration of Kenneth Winston Starr] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100921000858/http://www.baylor.edu/inauguration/ |date=September 21, 2010 }}, Baylor University.</ref> Within his first two weeks in office, Starr was "leading the charge" to keep the university in the [[Big 12 Conference]] for athletics.<ref>Woods, Tim [http://www.wacotrib.com/news/Starrs-first-days-Possible-Big-12-breakup-presents-new-Baylor-president-with-early-crisis.html Starr's first days: Possible Big&nbsp;12 breakup hands new Baylor president an early crisis] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331013608/http://www.wacotrib.com/news/Starrs-first-days-Possible-Big-12-breakup-presents-new-Baylor-president-with-early-crisis.html |date=March 31, 2012 }}, ''Waco Tribune-Herald'', 2010 June 13 (accessed 2010 June 13).</ref> Starr was additionally named chancellor of Baylor in November 2013, a post that had been vacant since 2005. He became the first person to hold the positions of president and chancellor at Baylor at the same time.<ref>{{cite news |access-date=May 26, 2016 |date=November 12, 2013 |work=Waco Tribune |title=Baylor President Starr's contract extended, chancellor added to title |url=http://www.wacotrib.com/news/higher_education/baylor-president-starr-s-contract-extended-chancellor-added-to-title/article_1eb95809-cfcb-5ba5-887c-d7352a1ee6e8.html |first=Regina |last=Dennis |archive-date=December 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171216013225/http://www.wacotrib.com/news/higher_education/baylor-president-starr-s-contract-extended-chancellor-added-to-title/article_1eb95809-cfcb-5ba5-887c-d7352a1ee6e8.html |url-status=live }}</ref>

In September 2015, Baylor's Board of Regents initiated an external review of the university's response to [[Baylor University sexual assault scandal|reports of sexual violence]] to be conducted by the [[Pepper Hamilton]] law firm. Baylor had been accused of failing to respond to reports of rape and sexual assault filed by at least six female students from 2009 to 2016. Former football player [[Tevin Elliot]] was convicted of rape. Elliot is currently serving a 20-year sentence after his conviction in January 2014.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.si.com/college-football/2016/05/24/baylor-bears-board-regents-expected-remove-president-ken-starr-1 |magazine=Sports Illustrated |title=Report: Baylor board of regents fires president Ken Starr |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-date=May 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160525223831/http://www.si.com/college-football/2016/05/24/baylor-bears-board-regents-expected-remove-president-ken-starr |url-status=live }}</ref> Another student, Sam Ukwuachu, was convicted but has since had that conviction overturned and was retried, only to see it reinstated by the Texas Court of Appeals in 2018.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/23715014|title=Ukwuachu's conviction reinstated on appeal|date=June 6, 2018|website=ESPN.com|access-date=June 6, 2018|archive-date=June 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614051433/http://www.espn.com/college-football/story/_/id/23715014|url-status=live}}</ref> Pepper Hamilton reported their findings to the regents on May 13, 2016,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.wfaa.com/mb/news/local/texas-news/reports-baylor-fires-president-ken-starr-over-sex-assaults-scandal/213695386 |title=Reports: Baylor to fire president Ken Starr over sex assaults scandal |publisher=WFAA-ABC 8 |date=May 24, 2016 |access-date=May 24, 2016 |archive-date=May 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160528115153/http://www.wfaa.com/mb/news/local/texas-news/reports-baylor-fires-president-ken-starr-over-sex-assaults-scandal/213695386 |url-status=live }}</ref> and on May 26, the regents announced Starr's removal as university president, effective May 31.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Baylor University Board of Regents announces leadership changes and extensive corrective actions following findings of external investigation |url=http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=170207 |publisher=Baylor University |date=May 26, 2016 |access-date=May 27, 2016 |archive-date=June 13, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613200049/http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=170207 |url-status=live }}</ref>

The May 26, 2016, announcement of personnel changes by the Board of Regents said Starr was to have continued as Chancellor and also as a faculty member at Baylor Law School.<ref name=espnresign /> Starr announced his resignation as Chancellor on June 1, effective immediately.<ref name=espnresign /> He told an interviewer that he took that action "as a matter of conscience."<ref name=espnresign /> He said he "willingly accepted responsibility" and "[[The captain goes down with the ship]]."<ref name=espnresign /> He resigned his position as the Louise L. Morrison Chair of Constitutional Law in Baylor Law School on August 19, 2016.<ref name="baylor.edu">"[http://www.baylor.edu/law/facultystaff/index.php?id=933525 Judge Ken Starr]{{Dead link|date=February 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}". ''Faculty&nbsp;& Staff Directory''. Baylor University. Retrieved August 7, 2016.</ref>