College leaders positioned to meet post-pandemic challenges

FULL CIRCLE: Wheaton College President Michaele Whelan, far right, is the third woman to lead the college since its founding by a woman in 1839. Seated with her, clockwise from far left, are students Olivia Deschenes, Sarocha Wongwatanawisut, Courtney Kass and Eleanor Cerra. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS
FULL CIRCLE: Wheaton College President Michaele Whelan, far right, is the third woman to lead the college since its founding by a woman in 1839. Seated with her, clockwise from far left, are students Olivia Deschenes, Sarocha Wongwatanawisut, Courtney Kass and Eleanor Cerra. 
PBN FILE PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS
Since 2019, eight of the region’s 13 four-year colleges have hired new long-term leaders. And another four-year school, Rhode Island College, still has an interim president. That’s a seismic shift in higher education leadership in Rhode Island and southeastern Mass. that continued through the pandemic. In 2021, PBN began a series of extensive Q&A interviews…


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