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President moves: Recent resignations show 3 reasons why a leader steps down

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Prior to that, he served as the president of Wilmington College (Ohio) and the founding associate dean of health sciences at Heidelberg University. Ward, president since 2019, will retire at the end of June 2025, the conclusion of Luther’s 2023-25 strategic plan. Stepping down Jeff Abernathy – Alma College (Mich.)

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President moves: Retiring leaders shine as they conclude 10+ years of service

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In McDonnell’s previous roles at UMF in the past 13 years, he’s served as a faculty member, dean and provost. Prior to the presidency, Christian contributed to the College of Business’ nine-year growth as its dean by adding an MBA program, creating accelerated programs and orchestrating a popular speaker series.

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President moves: Milestone hires and dramatic exits start off the month

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He came into power at the small liberal arts school after a DeSantis-backed overhaul of the Board of Trustees ousted former President Patricia Okker. Beginning as a professor of obstetrics and gynecology, she then went on to become the associate dean of diversity and inclusion for BU’s biological sciences division.

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Tough Times Ahead for Higher Education Enrollment: Changing Higher Ed Podcast with Host Drumm McNaughton and Guests Bob Massa and Bill Conley

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Since retiring from Bucknell University, Bill’s partnered with his longtime friend Bob Massa, the former Dean of Enrollment at Johns Hopkins University, to assist universities in overcoming their enrollment challenges, especially at how things have changed in the COVID era. I think it was about three years old at the time.

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Outliers: How Some Schools Grew [Webinar]

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But Transylvania, we are a private liberal arts institution. And I think if our admissions dean was on the call right now, he would say being able to still offer some as quickly as we could get back to some in person visit, even though it wasn’t the same was really important. And that’s okay. We like that too.

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ELEVATE program: Achievement Strategies from Illinois Tech: Changing Higher Education Podcast 166 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Dr. Raj Echambadi

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Previously, Echambadi served as the dean of the D’Amore-McKim School of Business at Northeastern University. But there was no civics, history, geography, or any form of a liberal arts education. We were required to take a lot of liberal arts courses. They have a deadline of 2025 or 2030.