Jonathan Holloway will resign at the end of Rutgers' academic year, ending a tumultuous five years as president of New Jersey's largest university.

Jonathan Holloway, the embattled president of Rutgers University, announced Tuesday that he will step down next year after a tenure that has included contending with the COVID-19 pandemic, overseeing the university’s first-ever strike and surviving a no-confidence vote by the faculty senate.

From a historic strike to pro-Palestine protests and an athletic director’s resignation, the first African American president of one the nation’s largest universities faced controversy atop controversy over the past two years.

The president of New Jersey’s flagship university says he will step down next year. Jonathan Holloway became the first Black president of Rutgers University when he took office in the summer of 2020.

The president of Rutgers University has announced he will resign next summer. Jonathan Holloway would have completed five years in that role on June 30, 2025. He is the university’s 21st president. “This decision is my own and reflects my own rumination about how best to be of service,