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Why the top jobs at US colleges have few takers
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A 2022 survey found that incumbent presidents were generally newer to their roles than in the past but that more than half expected to step down within five years.
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To glimpse the tumultuous transitions in US college leadership these days, look no further than the congressional hearings into anti-Semitism on campuses that have helped topple two university presidents – at UCLA and Yale.
In almost any other era, the next leaders of both colleges would have already been announced. But the uncertainties from California to Connecticut show just how complex top campus jobs have become in an environment that has grown increasingly polarised.
