Presidential Search
In October, President José Bowen announced to the Board of Trustees that he will step down as president of Goucher College on June 30, 2019. After two decades in higher education administration, including five years at Goucher, President Bowen plans to return to his passions for music, research, writing, and teaching.
Please continue to check this website for updates regarding Goucher's presidential search.
Updates
- February 26, 2019
After weeks of conversation and input from all Goucher College constituencies, the position profile for the next president of Goucher has been finalized. Our search consultants, Isaacson, Miller, have begun the recruitment process as well.
- February 7, 2019
We have recently heard that there are questions regarding our confidential search process for the Goucher Presidential search. More specifically, there have been questions about why we are doing this search confidentially when the last search, conducted six years ago, was an open search with a full campus visit.
- February 6, 2019
We would like to thank all of you who joined a listening session, sent us emails, provided names of potential candidates for the President of Goucher College, and completed the survey to share your thoughts and ideas around how we, as a community, will be able to tell if we are successful in hiring the 12th President of Goucher College.