The Challenges of Change Change is healthy for an institution. This summer Jacksonville University is going through a tremendous period of change and adjustment. The search for a new president is fully engaged. New leaders are being sought for many other key positions.
Faculty members continue to work on core curriculum revisions.
The circumstances could overwhelm, but they can just as easily excite. When former president Paul Tipton arrived at JU in early 1996, one of his primary charges from the Board of Trustees was to push the institution into change. JU needed to become more agile in today's dynamic higher education marketplace. Its leaders needed to become less resistant to change and more willing to take risks that lead to greater levels of success. Those things have come to fruition.