NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. (USANN4)–The head of New Jersey’s largest higher education institution is stepping down. The Star-Ledger reports that Richard L. McCormick will leave as president of Rutgers University next year after a decade in office. McCormick told the paper that he is leaving on his own terms.
He said that he plans to spend a year on sabbatical, then return to the faculty. McCormick noted as his proudest achievement the restructuring of undergraduate programs at the main New Brunswick-Piscataway campus.
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