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Albany’s Maria College president retiring

Business Review

February 9, 2012

Maria College President Laureen A. Fitzgerald is retiring after overseeing the school in Albany, New York, for the last 35 years.

Burlington College launches search for president

Burlington, Vt., Free Press

February 3, 2012

Burlington College has begun a national search for a new president, the college has announced. The new president will replace Jane Sanders, who stepped down in the fall after seven years in the position and is now on a one-year paid leave. Three administrators are leading the college on an interim basis. The school offers a variety of majors and a curriculum that features non-graded narrative evaluations and self-designed programs of study.

Lubbock Christian University Names Tim Perrin as New University President

KFYO Radio, Lubock, Texas

February 3, 2012

Lubbock Christian University has announced their new university president. LCU Chancellor Ken Jones announced during a press conference this morning that Tim Perrin J.D. will be the university's sixth president. Perrin currently serves as the Vice Dean at Pepperdine School of Law. He'll take presidential responsibilities beginning June 1, with chancellor Ken Jones stepping down as interim president.

Lawrence University president Jill Beck to retire

WLUK-TV, Green Bay, Wis.

February 2, 2012

Lawrence University's president is retiring. Jill Beck has announced she will step down as head of the Appleton college in June 2013. Beck has been president since July 2004. Lawrence's board of trustees has begun the search for a new president. Beck is a native of Worcester, Mass. She is the first female president in Lawrence's history.

Franklin stepping down as Morehouse College's president

Atlanta Journal-Constitution

January 30, 2012

After five years at the helm, Robert M. Franklin is stepping down as president of Morehouse College. In a press release issued by the Atlanta school, Franklin will remain at the college until the end of the 2012 academic year. Then he will take a sabbatical as a Scholar in Residence at Stanford University's Martin Luther King Jr. Institute. Morehouse's board of trustees named him President Emeritus and Distinguished Professor, the college's highest honor.

Suffolk U.'s New President Taps His Sociological Training to Meet Students' Needs

Chronicle of Higher Education

January 29, 2012

James McCarthy, a sociologist turned administrator, will become president of Suffolk University on February 1. He brings to the private university in downtown Boston his four and a half years of experience as provost and senior vice president for academic affairs at another sprawling urban campus, the City University of New York's Baruch College. His background as a demographer should prove useful at a time when campuses have fewer college-age students to draw on, particularly in the Northeast.

Dickinson College President announces plans to retire

Harrisburg, Pa., Patriot-News

January 26, 2012

Dickinson College President William G. Durden announced on Thursday that he will retire effective June 30, 2013, after more than 14 years on the job. Durden is a 1971 Dickinson graduate and the 27th president in college's 239-year history and will be the fourth longest-serving president of the institution, officials said. Trustees announced they would immediately begin the process of searching for Durden's successor.

Bethune-Cookman University President Trudie Kibbe Reed resigns

Daytona Beach, Fla., News-Journal

January 23, 2012

Trudie Kibbe Reed, the fifth president in the 108-year history of Bethune-Cookman University, is leaving the school, board Chairman Larry Handfield confirmed Sunday. Reed has served as president of the historically black college since August 2004. She went to Handfield with her decision to leave in December. At a board meeting Friday, 30 of the school's 33 trustees voted to accept her resignation. No date has been set for Reed's departure from Bethune-Cookman.

Suffolk University names new president

Boston Globe

January 19, 2012

Suffolk University has appointed a new leader with a mandate to transform the Beacon Hill school. The private school's Board of Trustees tapped James McCarthy as its new president tonight, wed nite succeeding David Sargent,cq whose 21-year reign ended with his abrupt resignation in 2010 amid an outcry over his $1.5 million salary, one of the highest among college presidents nationwide. McCarthy is currently provost at Baruch College. He will assume his new position on Feb. 1.

Polk fired as Mountain State University president

Charleston, W.Va., Gazette

January 19, 2012

Charles H. Polk was fired Wednesday night as president of Mountain State University. An email sent from the school's Board of Trustees to staff members this morning said, "Last night, the Mountain State University Board of Trustees terminated the employment contract of President Charles H. Polk, and he has been relieved of all duties effective immediately." Jerry Ice, chairman of the school's Board of Trustees, will be interim president.

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