Vassar's Hill to Step Down Sooner Than Planned

POUGHKEEPSIE, NY — The president of Vassar College will step down earlier than she had originally planned.

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Catharine Hill announced Wednesday that she is taking a position with Ithaka S+R as managing director.

In March, she said she would leave the post at the end of the 2016-17 school year.

Ithaka S+R, according to Hill’s announcement posted on the Vassar College website, is the research and strategy arm of ITHAKA, an educational nonprofit organization.

Hill will leave her job at Vassar August 15 and will begin her new position in early September.

Vassar Board of Trustees Chairman William A. Plapinger announced that Jonathan L. Chenette, dean of the faculty and professor of music at Vassar since 2008, will serve as interim president while the college searches for a new president.

Chenette will begin as interim president August 15 and will stay in the position until June 20, 2017, after which he will return to his role as dean of the faculty.

Chenette was acting president when Hill took a sabbatical in 2013.

For complete statements from Hill and Plapinger, go to the Vassar College website here.

Photo caption: Catherine Bond Hill. Photo credit: Vassar College website.