The school has been mired in conflict between faculty and leadership for nearly a year.

Poughkeepsie Journal reports.

Mount Saint Mary College president to step down

NEWBURGH – Anne Carson Daly announced she will step down as president of Mount Saint Mary College on April 15, the latest turn of events for a school that has been mired in conflict between faculty and leadership for nearly a year.

The college announced Daly’s decision in a news release Tuesday.

In the last two months, one member of the school’s board of trustees, Andrew Bournos, stepped down amid racial controversy, and a majority of the school’s faculty called for board chair Albert J. Gruner to resign. The board passed a resolution in support of Gruner on Saturday.

However, school spokesperson Matt Frey said Daly’s decision “is unrelated” to the campus’ controversy. “This is about (Daly’s) family issues that have to be dealt with in an immediate fashion.”