USC announced that Marshall School of Business Dean Geoffrey Garrett will step down in August and take a new role as Special Advisor for Global Strategy and Engagement, ahead of a scheduled July 1 no-confidence vote by faculty. The move follows months of public criticism from Marshall faculty about enrollment trends, MBA performance, governance and administrative decision-making, and doctoral program proposals. Garrett’s departure underscores faculty governance becoming more confrontational at major business schools, as student and faculty concerns about program trajectory translate into formal votes. The article notes that faculty began rallying publicly in April when 52 signed a letter warning the school was on a “downward trajectory,” and students later raised morale and program-size concerns. For other institutions, the sequence—faculty letter, escalating scrutiny, and a no-confidence process culminating in an announced exit—signals intensifying pressure on deans to demonstrate measurable enrollment and learning-outcome performance.