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Kennesaw State gets new president
The University System of Georgia Board of Regents named Daniel S. Papp president of Kennesaw State University.

Over the past five years Papp served as senior vice chancellor for academics and fiscal affairs for the University System of Georgia and is expected to leave that role to assume his new position in mid-May.

Prior to his involvement with the University System, Papp served as interim president of Southern Polytechnic State University and executive assistant to the president at Georgia Tech. He also held visiting and research professor positions in China, Australia, Alabama and Pennsylvania. He is the author or editor of 10 books on topics ranging from international security policy to U.S. and Russian foreign and defense practices.

Harvard president calls it quits
In a public letter dated Feb. 22 Lawrence Summers, president of Harvard University, resigned his post effective June 30.

“I have reluctantly concluded that the rifts between me and segments of the arts-and-sciences faculty make it infeasible for me to advance the agenda of renewal that I see as crucial to Harvard’s future,” he wrote.

Summers faced pressure throughout the past year, including a no confidence vote from arts and sciences faculty after making conjectures about the lack of women in science and math fields. Former Harvard president Derek Bok will replace Summers temporarily.
—Emily Begnaud

 
 
 


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