Brown president Christina Paxson to step down in June 2027
Christina H. Paxson, Brown University's 19th president and the longest-serving Ivy League president, will leave in June 2027, a year earlier than her recently extended term. Paxson said the early departure is the best path as Brown prepares to begin a new multi-year strategic planning process, and the Corporation will run a national search for her successor. Her tenure included major developments such as navigating the pandemic, campus unrest, an on-campus shooting, growth of the endowment to about $8 billion, a $150 million investment in Lifespan, and a July 2025 settlement that restored federal funding while imposing federal nondiscrimination provisions.
Brown will begin a national search after Paxson's planned June 2027 departure
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In 2025 the White House said it would withhold $510 million from Brown over antisemitism investigations, and Brown later settled three federal investigations in July 2025. Paxson extended her term amid that dispute, and now says a…
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