<p>I’m curious to know whether anybody else thinks that’s a lot of change at the top of the administration in a very short time. And also, I suppose, whether any current or recent Brandeis students or parents think a lot of change at the top is a good thing.</p>
<p>Sikorsky, a lot of change at the top is typical with a change in administration. Two things happen: senior administrators see the change in leadership as an opportunity to move on, often due to uncertainty about their relationship with a new president or simply because it seems like a good time to make a career move. Also, the new president evaluates the existing senior staff and begins to assemble his or her own team, not immediately, but over the first year or so. I would be surprised if the senior leadership team didn’t look very different at the end of the new president’s first year.</p>
<p>From very cursory research, it looks as if outgoing Provost Krauss announced her resignation last August, and it appears that President Lawrence has redesigned the position as a second-in-command Chief Academic Officer. All typical in a presidential transition.</p>