Board of trustees extends Jackson’s contract
TROY, N.Y. >> At a November Board of Trustees meeting, the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Board of Trustees, unanimously agreed to extend the contract of President Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., through June 30, 2022.
In announcing the decision, the Board noted historic and significant accomplishments across the past 20 years, under the leadership of President Jackson, with the implementation of two strategic plans. The first Rensselaer Plan transformed the Institute and the current Rensselaer Plan 2024 will position Rensselaer as a transformative force in higher education and research.
Last fall, Rensselaer launched a $1 billion capital campaign, and has raised over $450 million toward the $1 billion goal.
“We are extremely pleased to have retained such a dynamic, strategic leader and visionary for the past two decades in this highly competitive environment. We are especially proud of President Jackson’s outstanding accomplishments in advancing Rensselaer as a top-tier technological research university,” chairman of the Board of Trustees, Arthur Golden, said of Jackson.
Rensselaer continues to be ranked among the Top 50 national universities by U.S. News & World Report; freshman applications have quadrupled to over 20,300; The Arch program, which includes an away experience for juniors, is being implemented; an Institute-wide Task Force charged with preserving Rensselaer’s fraternity and sorority system has been estab- lished; a $1 billion capital campaign has been launched; sponsored research expenditures have increased to $110 million; and 23 new academic degree programs have been established to strengthen the Rensselaer academic offerings.