University of Notre Dame’s Longtime President to Step Down

The University of Notre Dame’s longtime president, Rev. John Jenkins, will step down from his role at the end of the 2023-24 academic year to return to teaching and ministry at the Roman Catholic institution. Jenkins has been Notre Dame’s president since 2005. During his tenure, the university has boosted its research funding and gained entry to the Association of American Universities, an invite-only organization representing research universities. Notre Dame has begun a search for its next president, who will be selected from among the priests of the university’s founding order, the Congregation of Holy Cross, according to a Friday announcement.