In efforts to make public education more efficient, the Board eliminated 50 under-enrolled academic degree programs and has limited the number of remedial education courses offered at 4-year campuses.
Carlin said during his term that there remains much to be done in improving public higher education in Massachusetts.
"The condition of public higher education in Massachusetts is better today than it was five years ago, but we don't intend to rest on our laurels," wrote Carlin and Koplik in a March letter to the Members of the Massachusetts Court. "There is still much to be done to make our system one of the premier public higher education systems in the nation."
Governor A. Paul Cellucci, who is responsible for appointing a new chair, has contacted Charlie Baker as a possible candidate for the position. Baker, who has previously served as Secretary of Administrative Finance and is currently CEO of Harvard Van-Guard, has not yet responded.