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==Departure as president==

==Departure as president==

On April 15, Dr. Aguillard finally chose to step down.  The board voted to name Argile Asa Smith, Jr., as the interim president, and to seek a new leader for the campus. Aguillard was to hold the title president emeritus effective August 1, 2014.<ref name=aguillardremoved/> He began a one-year paid sabbatical on June 1, 2014, at his full $202,007 base salary. On returning to LC as a tenured professor in 2015-2016, he received 50 percent of his current base pay, or $101,003.50. For each subsequent year as an LC senior professor, beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, he was to have received 30 percent of his current base salary, or $60,602.10.<ref name=aguillarddepartsinmay>"Louisiana College shifting gears: Aguillard's tenure as president to end May 31,''The Alexandria Town Talk'', April 16, 2014.</ref><ref>"Louisiana College board of trustees honors President Agillard as president-emeritus honors-president-aguillard-president-emeritus-his-many-accomplishments |archivedate=2015-04-02 |df= }}</ref>

On April 15, Dr. Aguillard finally chose to step down.  The board voted to name Argile Smith as the interim president, and to seek a new leader for the campus. Aguillard was to hold the title president emeritus effective August 1, 2014.<ref name=aguillardremoved/> He began a one-year paid sabbatical on June 1, 2014, at his full $202,007 base salary. On returning to LC as a tenured professor in 2015-2016, he received 50 percent of his current base pay, or $101,003.50. For each subsequent year as an LC senior professor, beginning with the 2016-2017 academic year, he was to have received 30 percent of his current base salary, or $60,602.10.<ref name=aguillarddepartsinmay>"Louisiana College shifting gears: Aguillard's tenure as president to end May 31,''The Alexandria Town Talk,'' April 16, 2014.</ref><ref>"Louisiana College board of trustees honors President Agillard as president-emeritus honors-president-aguillard-president-emeritus-his-many-accomplishments |archivedate=2015-04-02 |df= }}</ref>

Three weeks after Aguillard vacated the LC presidency, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in its annual meeting in [[San Antonio]], Texas, again placed Louisiana College on probation because of issues related to trustee board governance, institutional integrity, personnel policies, and audit findings regarding student financial aid and other financial control matters.<ref name=probation/>

Three weeks after Aguillard vacated the LC presidency, the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools in its annual meeting in [[San Antonio]], Texas, again placed Louisiana College on probation because of issues related to trustee board governance, institutional integrity, personnel policies, and audit findings regarding student financial aid and other financial control matters.<ref name=probation/>