Kim Schatzel steps down as University of Louisville president. What we know

Kim Schatzel has resigned arsenic the president of the University of Louisville effectual instantly aft astir 2 years serving arsenic the institution's president, officials announced Wednesday.

"The University of Louisville Board of Trustees acknowledgment Dr. Schatzel for her 2 years of service, which person seen her physique a squad that has accrued enrollment and retention and grown the university's estimation arsenic a probe powerhouse," committee seat Diane Medley said successful a statement. "We privation Dr. Schatzel good successful her aboriginal endeavors."

Gerry Bradley, UofL’s enforcement vice president and assemblage provost, has been named her successor, besides effectual immediately, officials said.

Schatzel's departure comes successful a twelvemonth of record-breaking enrollment and retention rates astatine UofL. Enrollment astatine the assemblage for the 2024-2025 world twelvemonth reached an all-time precocious of 24,073 students, according to quality merchandise from past fall, including its largest-ever freshman class. Student retention rates besides reached a assemblage grounds of 81.5%.

Schatzel became UofL's 19th president successful 2023. She arrived successful Louisville from Maryland's Towson University, wherever she helped turn the assemblage into the largest successful Greater Baltimore and the 2nd largest successful the state, according to her biography.

Her higher acquisition education besides includes stints arsenic interim president, provost and enforcement vice president of world and pupil affairs astatine Eastern Michigan University and arsenic dean of the University of Michigan-Dearborn College of Business.

Prior to becoming a higher acquisition leader, she spent much than 2 decades successful concern successful the precocious manufacturing and exertion sectors.

On March 18, the University of Cincinnati announced Bradley was chosen arsenic the university’s caller enforcement vice president for world affairs and provost, but successful a Tuesday announcement, UC President Neville Pinto said the assemblage volition reopen a nationalist hunt to capable the relation aft learning that Bradley is “pursuing different opportunities.”

This is simply a processing communicative and volition update.

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