Blair Sheppard, dean of Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business, will step down, according to reports yesterday in the Financial Times and Economist. Sheppard has been asked instead to oversee fundraising and development for Duke’s new Chinese University in Kunshan, near Shanghai.
According to the Economist report, this news overrides a recent announcement that Sheppard had been appointed to a second five-year term as Fuqua dean. William Boulding, Fuqua’s deputy dean, will serve as interim dean for a two-year term beginning August 1st, according to the FT. Fuqua will begin an international search for a new dean during Boulding’s second year.
Sheppard will continue teaching in Fuqua’s Global Executive MBA program while working on fundraising and business development for Duke Kunshan University, the FT reports. He will also serve as chairman of Duke CE, a corporate education venture he created and led for seven years before his appointment as Fuqua dean in 2007.
For the complete Financial Times article, click here. For the Economist report, click here.
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