Dean of Duke business school leaves for China
Duke University’s business school dean is leaving less than two months after faculty members rejected his proposal for graduate courses at a new campus in China.
The Durham Herald-Sun reported Tuesday that Fuqua Business School dean Blair Sheppard will begin working in fundraising and business development for Duke-Kunshan University in Kunshan, China.
Sheppard has been dean of the school since 2007. He will be replaced by deputy dean William Boulding.
Sheppard was considered a champion of the Chinese campus, and his departure marks another in a series of personnel changes in Duke leadership working on the project.
Some faculty members have express reservations about the scope, risks and cost of developing the 200-acre campus near Shanghai, which is scheduled to open in the fall of 2012.
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