By now, everyone knows that Kansas State University president Kirk Schulz is leaving to take the equivalent position at Washington State University. Schulz has been president at Kansas State since 2009 when he was hired to replace longtime president Jon Wefald, and will remain in Manhattan through the end of the current academic year (mid-May), as noted in a press release issued yesterday.
The reasons for Schulz's departure are not immediately apparent. On the one hand, he is making a move largely perceived as lateral, so career ambition was probably not the determining factor, although recent approval for a medical school at Washington State may suggest otherwise.