Kwang-Wu Kim’s resignation comes on the heels of a fall semester significantly impacted by a historic seven-week strike by part-time faculty members.
Striking members of the Columbia College Faculty Union picket in front of Columbia’s media production center on South State Street to protest against decisions made by the administration, Nov. 30, 2023.
“President Kim has been a steady and exemplary leader of Columbia for more than a decade. The Board of Trustees is incredibly grateful for his service to our institution,” said Board Chair John Holmes in the statement. “The trustees aim to have administrators, faculty, and staff collaborate on plans to find efficiencies by rethinking organizational structures and increasing the college’s value proposition by letting students dive deeper into their chosen fields and explore more fully other creative disciplines,” Partridge said.
Prior to the strike, department chairs at Columbia were told to eliminate five to six courses for each of the 58 academic programs, a few weeks before the fall semester began.
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