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Candidate for NMSU president withdraws

Updated: Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009, 3:59 PM MST
Published : Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009, 3:59 PM MST

    LAS CRUCES (AP) - It's down to four candidates for president of New Mexico State University after former Illinois chancellor Richard Herman withdrew from consideration.

    Herman resigned his post as chancellor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign last month amid an admissions scandal in which the university was accused of giving special attention to politically connected candidates.

    According to a news release, Herman said his decision to withdraw is based on other obligations that will prevent him from continuing as a candidate for president of the Las Cruces school.

    NMSU Board of Regents Chairman Blake Curtis said a pool of fully qualified candidates for university president remains. Curtis said the Board of Regents plans to announce the new school president Nov. 19.

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    Information from: Las Cruces Sun-News

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