The Washington Post
By Daniel de ViseMonday, October 19, 2009
Gallaudet University trustees appointed T. Alan Hurwitz, leader of a respected rival institute, as president of the nation's premier college for the deaf and hard of hearing Sunday, with none of the tumult surrounding the last presidential search.
Hurwitz, 67, will come to Gallaudet after a 39-year career at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf, where he rose from instructor to president of one of eight colleges within the Rochester Institute of Technology. His 5 1/2 -year term starts in January.
Three years ago, student protests brought Gallaudet to a standstill over the selection of Jane K. Fernandes, the school's provost, as successor to popular president I. King Jordan. Students occupied the administration building and barricaded the gates of the school, prompting more than 100 arrests. Trustees rescinded the appointment and installed Robert Davila, who is credited with restoring peace and rebuilding Gallaudet.
After Davila leaves in December, Hurwitz will inherit a college with a freshman class of 300, about 70 more than last year's class, and with a rising rate of student retention. Roughly 90 percent of last year's freshmen returned this semester, the school's highest "persistence" rate in years.
"I see this as the institution of first choice for all students," Hurwitz said. His goals include raising Gallaudet enrollment to 3,000 from the current 1,870.
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