The longtime president of Greensboro College resigned abruptly this week.

Craven Williams, credited with reviving a struggling institution in the early 1990s, quit Tuesday, according to campus officials.

Of late, the college has struggled with a mountain of debt. In April, Williams instituted a desperate, 20 percent pay cut to faculty and staff salaries.

His resignation came as faculty prepared to take a no-confidence vote.

The Greensboro News & Record has more here.