Ruth Simmons will resign early as president of Prairie View A&M University

Prairie View A&M University President Ruth J. Simmons said Friday she will resign by the end of February. (Credit: Marjorie Kamys Cotera for The Texas Tribune)

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Ruth Simmons, president of the historically Black Prairie View A&M University, said Friday she will resign at the end of February, four months earlier than her expected resignation date, June 1.