{"id":40802295086,"date":"2026-06-02T17:14:21","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T21:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/?p=40802295086"},"modified":"2026-06-03T06:37:28","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T10:37:28","slug":"pres-leahy-named-to-2026-roi-influencers-higher-education-presidents-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/pres-leahy-named-to-2026-roi-influencers-higher-education-presidents-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Leahy Named to 2026 ROI Influencers: Higher Education Presidents List"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

President Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D., was recently recognized by ROI-NJ as part of the ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2026 Four-Year Presidents list<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The roster honors college presidents and higher education leaders who best represent New Jersey\u2019s academic community. The honorees \u201cguide diverse campuses, champion student success, and translate public priorities into programs that expand opportunity.\u201d Additionally, those highlighted improve their colleges by adjusting curricula to meet market demand, partner with community businesses to create employment pathways, and advance civic engagement to strengthen statewide relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year, ROI selected leaders who navigated the financial pressures of today\u2019s higher education sector\u2014including reduced public funding and shifting enrollment trends\u2014by displaying fiscal creativity that protects both core academics and access for underserved students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his profile<\/a>, Leahy is praised for his focus on enrollment growth and institutional visibility, as well as his initiatives to expand academic programming and enhance the student experience while positioning Monmouth competitively within the higher education market.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See the full list of ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2026 Four-Year Presidents.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

President Patrick F. Leahy, Ed.D., was recently recognized by ROI-NJ as part of the ROI Influencers: Higher Education 2026 Four-Year Presidents list. The roster honors college presidents and higher education leaders who best represent New Jersey\u2019s academic community. The honorees \u201cguide diverse campuses, champion student success, and translate public priorities into programs that expand opportunity.\u201d […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":40802290469,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[417,444,83],"tags":[432,1201,4376],"person":[621],"audience":[11,8],"school":[],"program":[],"class_list":["post-40802295086","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awards-publications-research","category-monmouth-now","category-president","tag-newsletter","tag-president","tag-roi-nj","person-patrick-leahy","audience-current-student","audience-faculty"],"squareimage":{"id":40802294900,"rendered":"\"Monmouth","original":{"url":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/16\/2026\/05\/Dr_Patrick_F_Leahy_sq.jpg","width":2385,"height":2385}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802295086","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40802295086"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802295086\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40802295092,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40802295086\/revisions\/40802295092"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40802290469"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40802295086"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40802295086"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40802295086"},{"taxonomy":"person","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/person?post=40802295086"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=40802295086"},{"taxonomy":"school","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/school?post=40802295086"},{"taxonomy":"program","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.monmouth.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/program?post=40802295086"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}