Wittenberg President Makes Rare Jump to Two-Year College Presidency. Budget cuts and fussy lawmakers have helped nudge more than a few public university presidents over to the relatively greener pastures of private colleges.
But Mark Erickson is going the other direction: he’s leaving the presidency at a private liberal arts university to take the helm at a community college. This summer Erickson will move from Wittenberg University, located in Springfield, Ohio, to Northampton Community College, which has a main campus in Bethlehem, Pa., and other locations in the Lehigh Valley. Erickson’s career path is a rare one in higher education, but it's not a stretch.
That’s because the two jobs, and even the two institutions, have plenty in common. And the similarities are growing. FERPA.
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