Jacqueline Chanda, Kansas City Art Institute president, is stepping down, effective immediately

Three and a half years after being appointed to the position, and three months after receiving a vote of “no confidence” from the faculty, Jacqueline Chanda has resigned as president of the Kansas City Art Institute, effective today, KCUR reports. 

A letter from the board of trustees sent today to faculty, staff and students notes that Chanda will retire as of August 4, 2014 (today), and that “during her tenure, Chanda weathered challenges presented by a struggling economy and tension with faculty over a changing environment for academic institutions.”

Steve Metzler, the chairman of the board, will fill in as interim president.