CONCORD — Dr. Mark Rubinstein, a highly respected and longtime leader in higher education in New Hampshire, has been named the next chancellor of the Community College System of New Hampshire.
Rubinstein was chosen through a search process chaired by Kathy Bogle Shields, chair of the community college system board of trustees.
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