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CCP board approves a contract for new president

Alycia Marshall will earn $295,000 annually under a contract with an initial term of three years and six months. Marshall, 52, had been serving as interim president since April.

The Community College of Philadelphia's board of trustees on Friday approved a contract for Alycia Marshall to serve as the president. She has been in the interim role and the board voted in October to give her the permanent post. A contract was just finalized.
The Community College of Philadelphia's board of trustees on Friday approved a contract for Alycia Marshall to serve as the president. She has been in the interim role and the board voted in October to give her the permanent post. A contract was just finalized. Read moreJessica Griffin / Staff Photographer

Alycia Marshall will earn $295,000 as the new president of the Community College of Philadelphia under terms of a contract approved by the board of trustees Friday.

Marshall, 52, had been serving as interim president since April when longtime president Donald Guy Generals was forced out. Her salary is similar to what Generals earned before he left.

In October, the board selected Marshall for the permanent post from among four finalists and said it would negotiate a contract with her.

The new contract, commencing Jan. 1, is for three years and six months and after that would renew on an annual basis.

“This is a great birthday present,” Marshall said following the unanimous vote on her contract at the brief board meeting. “Today is my birthday. Thank you so much for your support. … It’s been a pleasure serving as the interim and I’m excited to move into the next chapter.”

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Under the contract, she will be eligible for a bonus of up to 15% of her base pay annually and will receive a $2,000-per-month housing allowance and a $650-per-month car allowance.

Marshall, who has maintained a residence in Maryland, is required to move her primary residence to Philadelphia within six months under the contract terms. She would face termination if she failed to do so, the contract states. Marshall has said she intended to move to Philadelphia if she got the permanent job.

Marshall had served as CCP’s provost and vice president for academic and student success for nearly three years before stepping into the interim role at the college, which had an enrollment of 12,400 credit students and 1,381 noncredit students last spring.

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She received her bachelor’s in mathematics from the University of Maryland Baltimore County, her master’s in teaching from Bowie State University, and her doctorate in mathematics education from the University of Maryland.

A native of Maryland, she started her career as an adjunct professor at Anne Arundel Community College in Maryland, near Annapolis, and later became a full tenured professor and chair of the mathematics department. She was promoted to associate vice president there and founded the African American Leadership Institute and spent a total of nearly 23 years at the Maryland community college.