In 2016 President Upham retired and was succeeded by Dr. Gerald Clancy who previously served as a psychiatry professor and held leadership positions at the University of Iowa and the University of Oklahoma. About two-and-a-half years into his presidency, in the spring of 2019, President Clancy and Provost Levit announced a restructuring of academic programs at the university that would eliminate several liberal arts-focused programs. The plan was met with resistance from the faculty who believed it was formulated without adequate input from faculty.