Dr. Charles Chuck Welch

  • Dr. Charles “Chuck” Welch

Dr. Chuck Welch, currently president of Henderson State University, has been chosen to be the new president of Arkansas State University, KAIT has reported.

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He was one of three college administrators interviewed for the job this week. Their selection followed a problem-marred candidate review process (sometimes open to the press, sometimes not) in which — mirabile dictu — Welch emerged as a last-day candidate. It was in keeping with an old Arkansas higher education tradition in which a national search is proudly announced and a last-minute insider is chosen, giving every appearance — if not the fact — that the fix was in from the outset.

No contract details announced.

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Here’s Welch’s application letter.

News release follows:

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