路易斯安那理工大学校长提前离任：董事会任命克劳福德为代理校长、11月19日选定新校长
路易斯安那大学系统董事会10月22日在巴吞鲁日开会，任命 Dickie Crawford（迪基·克劳福德）为路易斯安那理工大学代理校长，接替同日提前结束现职的校长 Jim Henderson。
克劳福德是该校主管学生事务的高级副校长兼首席运营官，拉斯顿本地人、该校毕业生，学生时代曾是校篮球队队员；他将在董事会选出新校长之前主持校务，并表示感谢这一「帮助母校的机会」。Henderson 原定12月31日离任，他称健康原因使他把离职日期提前，10月22日起退出日常职务、正式挂休假至2026年底。
但离任背后还有一场公开争执：校方原已列入预算的教职工加薪方案——涨幅4%、每人封顶2400美元——被系统董事会否决，Henderson 本月致信教职工为未能兑现加薪致歉，董事会主席 Mark Romero 与系统总裁 Rick Gallot 则联名致信，质疑 Henderson 的财务管理。10月22日的会上，教师参议院主席 Michael Swanbom 直言教职工对两套说法感到「气馁和失望」、不知该信谁；董事 Brad Stevens 总结称董事会在加薪一事上「脸上无光」（we have egg on our faces），另一位董事 Steve Davison 表示将争取说服同僚恢复加薪。
新校长遴选已经启动：申请11月6日截止，由17人组成的遴选委员会（其中8人有投票权）将于11月13日在巴吞鲁日审阅申请、选出半决赛人选，11月16日至17日在拉斯顿校园面试，11月19日由董事会在巴吞鲁日面试入围者并选定新校长。
来源：GSM·美国
Louisiana Tech President Steps Down Early: Board Names Crawford Acting President, Successor to Be Chosen November 19
The University of Louisiana System Board of Supervisors met in Baton Rouge on October 22 and appointed Dickie Crawford as acting president of Louisiana Tech University, succeeding President Jim Henderson, whose tenure ended early the same day.
Crawford, the university's senior vice president for student advancement and chief operating officer, is a Ruston native and Louisiana Tech graduate who played basketball for the school as a student; he will lead the university until the board selects a new president, and said he appreciates the opportunity to help his university. Henderson had been set to leave on December 31 but said health reasons moved his departure up; he stepped away from daily duties on October 22 and is formally on leave through the end of 2026.
Behind the departure is a public dispute: a faculty and staff raise plan already in the budget — 4 percent raises capped at $2,400 — was rejected by the system board. Henderson wrote to faculty this month apologizing for the undelivered raises, while Board Chairman Mark Romero and System President Rick Gallot sent a joint letter questioning Henderson's financial management. At the October 22 meeting, Faculty Senate President Michael Swanbom said faculty were "discouraged and disappointed" by the two accounts and did not know which to believe; board member Brad Stevens summed up that the board has "egg on our faces" over the raises, and fellow member Steve Davison said he would work to persuade colleagues to restore them.
The search for a new president is under way: applications close November 6, and a 17-person search committee (eight of them voting members) will meet in Baton Rouge on November 13 to review applicants and choose semifinalists, who will interview on campus in Ruston on November 16–17. The board will interview finalists in Baton Rouge on November 19 and select Tech's next president.
Source: GSM News
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图片来源：图：路易斯安那理工大学校园。摄影：Quintin Soloviev，CC BY 4.0（Wikimedia Commons）。Photo: The Louisiana Tech University campus in Ruston. Photo by Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons).
