Boston University announced that Susan Fournier will step down as dean of the Questrom School of Business at the end of the 2025–26 academic year and retire from the university later in 2026. Fournier, who has led Questrom since 2018, credited curriculum redesigns, investments in career services, and research growth for raising the school’s national profile. Provost Gloria Waters — who is herself leaving at the end of the academic year — credited Fournier with measurable gains in rankings, research output and career outcomes. Fournier emphasized deanship cycles as a rationale for the timing; she framed the move as a planned transition after more than two decades at BU. The university will launch a search process that must preserve momentum on ongoing curriculum and online-education initiatives. For business schools sensing board and donor impatience, the planned departure offers a controlled leadership change rather than a disruptive exit. Questrom’s next leader will inherit a school with improved metrics but also expectations to sustain fundraising, industry partnerships, and faculty engagement amid an increasingly competitive MBA market.