{"id":1977521,"date":"2023-07-19T15:32:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:32:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-president-marc-tessier-lavigne-resigns-ending-tumultuous-seven-year-tenure\/"},"modified":"2023-07-19T15:33:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-19T19:33:40","slug":"stanford-president-marc-tessier-lavigne-resigns-ending-tumultuous-seven-year-tenure","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-president-marc-tessier-lavigne-resigns-ending-tumultuous-seven-year-tenure\/","title":{"rendered":"Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne steps down, concluding turbulent seven-year term."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fstanford-president-marc-tessier-lavigne-resigns-ending-tumultuous-seven-year-tenure%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1977521&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Stanford\u2064 University President Resigns\u200b Amid Controversy<\/h2>\n<p>Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne \u200dhas\u2062 announced \u200chis resignation, bringing \u2064an\u200b end to his \u200cseven-year tenure\u200b at the prestigious \u2064California\u200b institution. \u2064The announcement comes \u2063after \u2063a\u2062 period\u200d of\u200d intense \u2064scrutiny, \u2063with allegations \u2062of\u200c falsified research\u2062 and criticism \u200bof \u2062the \u2063<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/from-impeaching-incitement-to-canceling-conservatism\/\" title=\"From Impeaching Incitement to Canceling Conservatism\">university&#8217;<\/a>s \u2064handling of\u2063 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-president-marc-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/stanford-tells-federalist-society-students-to-reach-out-to-diversity-dean-who-encouraged-disruption-of-their-event-and-to-shut-up-on-twitter\/\" title=\"Stanford Tells Federalist Society Students To \u2018Reach Out\u2019 To Diversity Dean Who Encouraged Disruption of Their Event \u2013 and To Shut Up on Twitter\">tessier-lavigne<\/a>-resigns-ending-tumultuous-seven-year-tenure\/&#8221; title=&#8221;Stanford President Marc Tessier-Lavigne steps down, concluding turbulent seven-year term.&#8221;>free speech\u200b incidents<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h3>Clearing His Name<\/h3>\n<p>Tessier-Lavigne&#8217;s\u200c resignation \u2063follows a thorough\u200c investigation \u200bby\u200d a committee appointed by\u200d the school&#8217;s board \u200dof \u200ctrustees.\u2062 The committee cleared \u2064him \u2064of \u2062any\u200c wrongdoing\u200d in\u2062 his previous research,\u200b although it did highlight instances\u2064 where scientific\u2062 rigor was not upheld.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Although\u2063 the report\u200d clearly \u2062refutes the \u200ballegations of\u200b fraud and misconduct that\u200c were made against \u200cme, for the \u200bgood of\u200d the\u200c University, I\u2064 have made the decision to step down as\u2064 President \u200deffective \u2062August 31,&#8221; Tessier-Lavigne\u2063 stated.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Richard Saller,\u2063 a\u2063 respected professor of European \u2064studies,\u2062 will serve as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">interim president<\/a>\u2064 while the search \u2063for \u200ba \u2062permanent replacement is\u200c conducted. \u2064Tessier-Lavigne,\u2062 on the other\u200b hand, will continue his work at\u2062 the \u2062university as\u200b a professor.<\/p>\n<h3>Commitment \u200bto Research \u200band\u200b Education<\/h3>\n<p>Despite stepping \u2063down as president,\u2062 Tessier-Lavigne expressed his \u2062dedication\u2063 to\u2062 Stanford&#8217;s mission and his excitement\u200b to continue his \u200dscientific research on brain development\u2063 and \u2062neurodegeneration.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;While I\u200b will be\u200c stepping \u200cdown as President, \u2064I\u200b will \u200bremain\u200b on\u2063 the Stanford\u2064 faculty and \u200clook\u200b forward to \u200dcontinuing to conduct\u2064 my scientific \u2064research \u200don brain \u200bdevelopment and neurodegeneration\u2062 under the \u2063auspices\u2064 of\u2064 one of\u200b the\u200d world&#8217;s preeminent \u2063educational institutions,&#8221; he \u200daffirmed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>Controversies and\u200b Challenges<\/h3>\n<p>In addition to\u200b the\u2062 allegations of\u200c fraudulent research, Tessier-Lavigne&#8217;s \u200cpresidency \u2063was marked\u200c by several <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/before-pulling-out-of-rankings-yale-law-school-took-a-hit-on-key-metric\/\" title=\"Before Pulling Out of Rankings, Yale Law School Took a Hit on Key Metric\">free speech controversies<\/a>.\u200c These incidents included\u200b attempts\u200c to block a lecture by \u2062former Vice\u2064 President Mike Pence and \u2062disruptions during a lecture by U.S. 5th Circuit Court Judge\u200c Kyle Duncan.<\/p>\n<p>While \u200dTessier-Lavigne did\u200b not \u2063explicitly\u2064 state that these controversies\u2063 influenced \u200dhis\u2064 decision\u200c to \u200dstep down, \u200dhis resignation statement\u200b emphasized\u2062 his pride \u200cin his\u2063 time \u2064as president and his\u200b commitment to \u200cthe\u200c Stanford\u2063 community.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;I have been \u2064in this role for nearly\u2062 seven years,\u200d and it \u200chas \u2063been the\u200c greatest \u2064honor\u200d and \u200dmost fulfilling experience \u200dof my \u2063career,&#8221; he\u2062 expressed. &#8220;I will always \u2062cherish \u2063my \u200btime\u2063 as \u2063Stanford&#8217;s\u200d President, and \u200cI\u2063 am \u2064proud \u200cof what we\u200b accomplished\u200b together during\u200b my tenure. &#8230; I look forward\u2064 to continuing my \u200brelationship\u200c with \u200dall of \u2064you and\u200c those \u200bwho become part of\u200b the Stanford community in the future.&#8221;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne will step down in August, ending his seven-year tenure. 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