BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - Former North Dakota University System Chancellor Hamid Shirvani has a new job in Iowa.
Shirvani has been hired to be the 10th president of Briar Cliff University, a private Catholic liberal arts college in Sioux City that has about 1,150 students.
North Dakota’s Board of Higher Education bought out Shirvani’s contract three years ago after receiving complaints from some students, faculty and school presidents about his leadership style. Shirvani had spent about a year in the position. He said he was given a mandate to improve graduation rates and was merely doing his job.
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