changing student demands and a declining fiscal outlook. He did not produce "effective" results in campaigns to produce private contributions, and his formal long-term planning report was far behind schedule. In addition, his administration was pressured by the Department of Higher Education to execute several faculty cuts which proved very unpopular, and his administration's handling of a subordinate's sexual harassment charges and subsequent lawsuit was inept. Potter's increasing conflicts with the Department of Higher Education lead the Department to put pressure on the Board of Trustees to remove Potter. Board action seemed inevitable, as the Department was implicitly withholding funds for a desperately needed housing project. Potter resigned in February 1984. The Board of Trustees had already made arrangements for the aftermath of Potter's departure. Sidney Silverman, a retired president of Bergen Community College, stepped in as interim president. Silverman took action to improve relations in the college community with the administration. Additionally, Silverman worked to comply with mandates from the Department of Higher Education regarding the College's finances. One of Silverman's proposal was to reduce the credit awarded for most classes from four to three credits. Under a three credit system, students would take more classes and professors would teach more courses on the same pay. The College, in turn, would save money by being able to reduce the number of adjunct professors. While the faculty bitterly protested this measure, the Board of Trustees, under pressure from the Department, felt it had no choice but to implement it. Consolidation General education revisions and presidency of Robert Scott During the meeting of the Faculty Assembly on April 24, 1985, the faculty voted to approve a new structure in general education, to be phased in over the next several years. The new structure mandated courses to ensure basic skills in freshman and to provide a liberal arts foundation to students on an all-college basis. This was to be accomplished through a series of freshman courses continued with several upper-level courses. While there was much to be left defined and room for revision, this basic structure would guide Ramapo general education for the next twenty-five years. In the spring of 1985, the search committee for the new president ended and the Board of Trustees hired Robert Scott. Scott had been Director of Academic Affairs at the Indiana Commission for Higher Education. Scott would continue to serve the college through the end of