University of Michigan taps Vanderbilt vice chancellor as next president

Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt University’s provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs, will serve as the next president of the University of Michigan, the university’s Board of Regents announced Tuesday morning.

Raver is recognized as a national leader in higher education with a strategic mind for university administration, the university said in a news release. U-M also said Raver was “instrumental in strengthening all aspects” of Vanderbilt’s “research and academic enterprise.”

Raver’s accomplishments include helping Vanderbilt …