Drexel University’s John Fry expected to become Temple’s next president, sources say

Drexel University President John Fry is the unanimous choice of Temple's search committee to become that school's new president.Temple University’s board is expected to act soon on the candidacy of Fry, 64, who has led the 21,700-student Drexel for 14 years — more than double the average tenure for a university president.

It’s not Fry’s first time to be in the running for Temple president: In 2006, he was a finalist for the job but withdrew.Neither Fry nor Mitchell L. Morgan, chairman of Temple’s board of trustees, would comment on Fry’s presidential prospects at Temple. The selection committee said earlier this year that it had unanimously narrowed the list to a small group of candidates.

Fry has been one of the highest-paid private college presidents in the nation, placing ninth in the most recent survey by The Chronicle of Higher Education. He earned $2.6 million in total compensation in 2021, including $765,000 in base pay and the rest in bonuses, benefits, and deferred compensation, which he received after he completed a five-year contract.

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