Ron Patterson's record cultivating strong enrollment numbers made him a ready appointment at Chadron State College. One of these president's decisions to step down, however, is hard to decipher.
Mergers, acquisitions, partnerships—oh my! Alliances can be highly individualized depending on each institution's unique set of challenges. However, these trends can help explain what's going on.
The last two weeks have seen the South Carolina university's leadership flip on its head. An incendiary closed-door meeting and a fiery letter from the president—which was later leaked—calling out BJU's "dysfunctional leadership" dragged the private evangelical university's community into the fray and has culminated in the chairman's resignation.
The school's enrollment—and consequently, its revenue—has suffered from a dwindling pool of local high school students and a lack of interest among those graduates for a college education, according to the Board's letter.
These colleges may all be well over a hundred years old, but recent hirings prove there is still a first time for everything: NYU and three other colleges have all recently elected a Black or female president—or both—for the first time in their histories.
A letter signed by 120 Connecticut College faculty members suggested the relationship between leadership and the campus community undergo "a fundamental change" and called on the Board to hold an open forum during its campus visit.
Woo, who will leave the institution in 2024, drove enrollment with tuition cuts and overhauled Sweet Briar's curriculum after the college nearly closed.
Market conditions were "insurmountable" for Cazenovia College, which faces a deficit of several million dollars after a 40% decline in enrollment and investments made to cope with COVID.
Kristina M. Johnson's term will come to a close at the end of the academic year to allow for a "seamless transition," according to a letter to the Buckeye community. No reason was given for her departure.
