Jon S. Whitmore, who stunned faculty members and students at Texas Tech University in February when he announced his resignation from that institution, has landed a new job as the leader of San Jose State University.
His appointment at San Jose, announced by the California State University system today, is effective August 1. He will succeed Don W. Kassing, who is retiring.
Mr. Whitmore has been popular with faculty members at Texas Tech, but he has taken some heat this year after the university’s accreditor put it on probation in December. He also has hinted that he was uncomfortable with leading a plan to expand the university’s enrollment by 42 percent, to 40,000, by 2020. Some faculty members have questioned the expansion plan, but the chancellor who oversees Texas Tech and two other institutions believes it is necessary. —Charles Huckabee