Check out Alan Finder’s New York Times profile of John A. Fry, Franklin & Marshall College’s president and one of a growing number of college leaders who have come up from the business side of academe. Finder writes:

John Fry’s path to the presidency of Franklin & Marshall College fits none of the conventions of academic life. He did not earn a doctorate, did not teach or publish research, and was never a department chairman or dean or provost.

Like a small but growing number of college and university presidents, Mr. Fry earned his stripes outside the classroom, on the business side of higher education. When he became Franklin & Marshall’s president six years ago, he arrived with unusual experience in administration, finance, and neighborhood development.

According to an article in Macleans, Judith Woodsworth, president of Laurentian University since 2002, will become president of Concordia University, in Montreal, effective August 1. See a university press release for more information.
Richard L. Pattenaude, chancellor of the University of Maine system, has recommended that Selma Botman, executive vice chancellor and provost at the City University of New York, be appointed president of the University of Southern Maine, The Boston Globe reports.