Rutgers University president set to resign after contending with pandemic, anti-Israel protests

Rutgers President Jonathan Holloway announced that he will step down as the university’s 21st president, with his resignation following a year of campus upheaval amid pro-Palestinian protests.

"This decision is my own and reflects my own rumination about how best to be of service," Holloway wrote in a statement posted on the university’s website. Sarah Rumpf-Whitten is a breaking news writer for Fox News Digital and Fox Business. 

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Holloway's tenure as the university's president was plagued with conflict — with the president contending with the COVID-19 pandemic and, more recently, the Israel-Hamas war and anti-Israel protests on campus.