Miriam E. Nelson had been in office since July.
Hampshire College President Miriam E. Nelson at a meeting with her senior team last month. Nelson resigned Friday. By Nick Anderson Nick Anderson Reporter covering higher education, national education policy and the global education market Email Bio Follow April 5 Hampshire College’s president resigned Friday, more than two months after the offbeat liberal arts school in Massachusetts announced it would not enroll a full first-year class in the fall because of financial troubles.
“This is a frightening moment,” Nelson said in a recent interview. “I’m very worried about the college. I’m very worried about our educational mission, making sure it lives on. You can’t run a college on vapors. We have to match our expenses with income.” Some faculty and graduates charged that Nelson made a bad situation worse by failing to sound alarms last fall and enroll as many new students as possible. “Give us some forewarning before the house is on fire — or before you light the match,” said Marlene Fried, a veteran philosophy professor and former interim president.
At the same time, the board is reshaping its top leadership. Gaye Hill, the board chair, and Kim Saal, a vice chair, both resigned this week. Luis Hernandez, another vice chair and one of the college’s founding students, was named interim chair.Rosenthal was the college’s fifth employee, hired in 1966, four years before Hampshire opened in Amherst, Mass. He was also the college’s first treasurer and served as a trustee from 2008 to 2016.
Nelson, 58, a public health expert, was previously director of a sustainability institute at the University of New Hampshire and held faculty and administrative positions at Tufts University.
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