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PRESIDENTIAL TURNOVER: As scholar Allen Koenig assumes...

PRESIDENTIAL TURNOVER: As scholar Allen Koenig assumes the helm of Chapman College (A1), he becomes its 11th president since 1861. . . . Through the ‘70s, private schools like Chapman used to be “a green enclave” where presidents would last up to 12 years, said Hans Giesecke, research director at the 65-member Assn. of Independent California Colleges and Universities. . . . As financial strains in the ‘80s forced budget cuts, the turnover rate increased to every four to seven years.

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