Sloan to step down as Baylor president

Baylor University President Robert Sloan will step down June 1, concluding one of the stormiest periods in the 160-year history of the Waco, Texas, school, one of the largest university affiliated with Baptists.

Sloan will become Baylor’s chancellor at the end of the spring semester, both he and Will Davis, chairman of the university’s board of regents, announced at a news conference Jan. 21.

Sloan will focus on fundraising, student recruitment and promoting the university’s vision, he said. And he will relinquish all executive leadership for the Baptist school to his presidential successor, Davis added.

Sloan’s future at Baylor has been a topic of debate during the past couple of years. But Sloan and the regents reached their decision for transition “by mutual agreement,” Davis reported.

Associated Baptist Press