Kentucky State University President Raymond Burse is resigning at the end of this week.
In a statement released Monday, Burse says he decided that the "further demands and challenges of Kentucky State must be undertaken by new leadership."
A Harvard-educated lawyer, Burse was named Kentucky State president in October 2014 after a short interim period and made headlines when he gave up $90,000 of his presidential salary to boost the wages of university workers. Burse also served a term as president of the traditionally African-American university in the 1980s.
The university was spared from a recent round of funding cuts imposed by Gov. Matt Bevin.
Burse says in the statement he decided to leave the job after nearly six months of personal assessments and evaluations. His last day is Friday.