Editing Rutgers University (section)

===University president===
{{See also|List of Rutgers University presidents}}

Since 1785, twenty-one men have served as the institution's president, beginning with [[Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh]], a Dutch Reformed minister who was responsible for establishing the college.<ref>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. [http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/jacob-rutsen-hardenbergh Rutgers Leaders, Rutgers History: Jacob Rutsen Hardenbergh – Queen’s College President, 1786 to 1790] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901175933/http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/jacob-rutsen-hardenbergh |date=September 1, 2013 }}. Retrieved August 17, 2013.</ref><ref name="FruscianoLeadership">Frusciano, Thomas J. "Leadership on the Banks: Rutgers' Presidents, 1766–2004", in ''The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries'' LIII(1) (June 1991).</ref> Before 1930, most of the university's presidents were clergy affiliated with Christian denominations in the [[Calvinism|Reformed tradition]] (either [[Reformed Church in America|Dutch]] or [[Reformed Church in the United States|German]] Reformed, or [[Presbyterianism in the United States|Presbyterian]]).<ref name="FruscianoLeadership" /><ref name="RutgersLeadersPastPresidents">Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. [http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/past-presidents Rutgers Leaders, Rutgers History: Past Presidents] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901173923/http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/past-presidents |date=September 1, 2013 }}. Retrieved August 17, 2013.</ref> Two presidents were alumni of Rutgers College—[[William Henry Steele Demarest|William H. S. Demarest]] (Class of 1883) and [[Philip Milledoler Brett]] (Class of 1892).<ref>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. [http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/william-henry-steele-demarest Rutgers Leaders, Rutgers History: William Henry Steele Demarest – Rutgers President, 1906 to 1924] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901175743/http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/william-henry-steele-demarest |date=September 1, 2013 }}. Retrieved August 17, 2013.</ref><ref>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. [http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/philip-m-brett Rutgers Leaders, Rutgers History: Philip M. Brett – Rutgers Acting President, 1930 to 1931] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901175721/http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/philip-m-brett |date=September 1, 2013 }}. Retrieved August 17, 2013.</ref>

The president serves in an ''[[ex officio]]'' capacity as a presiding officer within the university's 59-member board of trustees and its eleven-member board of governors,<ref>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. [http://governingboards.rutgers.edu/board-trustees/board-trustees-membership-listing Governing Boards: Board of Trustees Membership Listing, 2013–2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221012907/http://governingboards.rutgers.edu/board-trustees/board-trustees-membership-listing |date=December 21, 2013 }} and [http://governingboards.rutgers.edu/board-governors/board-governors-membership-listing Governing Boards: Board of Governors Membership Listing, 2013–2014] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221012956/http://governingboards.rutgers.edu/board-governors/board-governors-membership-listing |date=December 21, 2013 }}. Retrieved August 17, 2013.</ref> and is appointed by these boards to oversee the day-to-day operations of the university across its campuses. He is charged with implementing "board policies with the help and advice of senior administrators and other members of the university community."<ref>Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey. [http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/leadership-governance About Rutgers: Vision and Continuity – Leadership and Governance] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130901172220/http://www.rutgers.edu/about-rutgers/leadership-governance |date=September 1, 2013 }}. Retrieved August 17, 2013.</ref> The president is responsible only to those two governing boards—there is no oversight by state officials. Frequently, the president also occupies a professorship in his academic discipline and engages in instructing students.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About the President |url=https://www.rutgers.edu/president/about-president-holloway |access-date=2023-02-24 |website=www.rutgers.edu |language=en}}</ref>

The current president is [[Jonathan Holloway (historian)|Jonathan Holloway]], who assumed the role on July 1, 2020.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Freytas-Tamura|first=Kimiko de|date=January 19, 2020|title=Rutgers to Name Its First Black President, School Official Says|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/nyregion/rutgers-president-jonathan-holloway.html|access-date=April 29, 2020|issn=0362-4331|archive-date=January 20, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200120225114/https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/nyregion/rutgers-president-jonathan-holloway.html|url-status=live}}</ref>