Commentary: It’s Easy to See What Drove Jonathan Holloway to Quit

Pamela Paul September 26, 2024 1 min read

Pamela Paul
New York Times

Excerpt: Last week Jonathan Holloway, the president of Rutgers University, announced he would be stepping down at the end of this academic year — the latest in a series of university president departures.

Given the widespread discord and protests on campuses, the past academic year was tough for any college president. But unlike others who left their posts, like Liz Magill of the University of Pennsylvania and Claudine Gay of Harvard, Holloway isn’t leaving the kind of elite institution that tends to attract outraged headlines and ire. Nor was he resigning in a heated moment of backlash or scandal. So why did he do it?

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