In December, 78% of the college’s full-time, continuing faculty voted “no confidence” in the president.

New York Daily News reports.

Ithaca College president Thomas Rochon announces retirement following protests, racially-charged incidents on campus

Ithaca College’s president announced his retirement Thursday following a series of racially-charged incidents on campus and calls for his resignation.

President Thomas Rochon has been accused of ignoring a tense racial climate at the Upstate New York campus.

“I recognize that colleges evolve through eras defined by new opportunities and challenges. I believe it is best for IC to be led in the future by a president chosen by the board specifically to make a fresh start on these challenges, including those that became so apparent to us all last semester,” he wrote in a statement announcing his retirement, which will take effect in July 2017.