Colleges announced a broad slate of presidential hires across small and large institutions, including new leaders at Hartwick, Duquesne, Sonoma State and Iowa State, signaling continued turnover in campus leadership. Boards and search committees cited succession planning and institutional strategy as drivers of the appointments. At the Louisiana State University system the board split the combined president-chancellor role, naming Wade Rousse as system president and James Dalton as chancellor of the Baton Rouge flagship. The governance change reflects a wider move by trustees to separate systemwide oversight from campus-level operational leadership.