Yale University President Peter Salovey, who has led the Ivy League school for the past decade, announced Thursday that he will step down from his post next year and plans to return to Yale's faculty.
Salovey, 65, has been president since 2013 after having served just over four years as Yale's provost, following stints as dean of both Yale College and the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences as well as chairperson of the Psychology Department. He also earned master's degrees and a doctorate in psychology at Yale in the 1980s before joining the Yale faculty in 1986.
