Knapp to Leave George Washington University’s Presidency in 2017

George Washington University President Steven Knapp announced Tuesday that he will step down from his post in summer 2017 after he finishes a decade at the helm of the largest university in the nation’s capital.  Knapp, the university’s 16th president, has overseen an eventful era for GWU. Under his tenure, the 25,600-student private university acquired the Beaux-Arts building on 17th Street NW that housed the Corcoran Gallery of Art, absorbed the Corcoran College of Art and Design, developed a massive science and engineering hall to help the school compete with prominent research institutions and dropped its requirement for freshman applicants to submit SAT or ACT admission test scores.