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On the search committee for a new provost, "there should be representation from the undergraduate, graduate student and postdoctoral scholar populations at a minimum," writes Tim MacKenzie.
Stanford Provost Persis Drell plans to step down later this year once her successor is in place, the university announced on Wednesday.
Drell, chief academic and budget officer for the school, will step down in the fall quarter
After six years, Persis Drell is resigning from her role as Stanford’s Provost. The circumstances of her “stepping down”—as the Stanford Report gently puts it—are unknown, but comes after a year mired in scandal for the university. As Provost, Drell was Stanford’s chief academic and budgetary
Drell has served as Stanford’s provost for the last six years, spearheading multiple university initiatives. Despite her resignation, Drell will still remain active in the University as a faculty member.