UW-Parkside chancellor resigns, the 7th UW leader to exit in the past 3 years
KIMBERLY WETHAL
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UW-Parkside Chancellor Debbie Ford jokes with then-newly hired University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross in 2014. Ford will leave UW-Parkside to lead Indiana University Southeast, which will bring her closer to family in the greater Louisville, Kentucky area.
UW-Parkside Chancellor Deborah Ford is resigning, adding Parkside to a growing list of University of Wisconsin System schools that have undergone a leadership change over the past three years.
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In the weeks before I joined the Wisconsin State Journal in September, I was told this: Remember that a higher education institution is like their own city. It has its own character and struggles, defined by the students who learn there and the faculty who teach them.
I have seen this over and over again, and it was particularly clear when I visited UW-Platteville at Richland a week after the University of Wisconsin System ordered degree-fulfilling classes to cease because of low enrollment. During my visit, I found many of the devastated students to be emotionally invested in their campus community — and committed to saving it.
UW-Parkside Chancellor Debbie Ford jokes with then-newly hired University of Wisconsin System President Ray Cross in 2014. Ford will leave UW-Parkside to lead Indiana University Southeast, which will bring her closer to family in the greater Louisville, Kentucky area.