The Community College of Philadelphia has chosen its new president.
Fifty-seven-year-old Donald Generals Jr. is vice president for academic affairs at Mercer County Community College in New Jersey. He will be the sixth president of the Community College of Philadelphia, effective July 1.
Officials from the 40,000-student college said Generals' appointment follows a seven-month national search.
Generals is a native of Paterson, N.J., and has served in his current role at Mercer since 2008.
He will replace Stephen Curtis, who led the school since 1999 until he was fired last year with two years left on his contract. The college didn't explain why he was let go.
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