World War II veterans had been admitted in the mid-1940s.) In 1971 Skidmore also launched the University Without Walls (UWW) program, which allowed nonresident students over age 25 to earn bachelor's degrees. That program ended in 2012.
In 2020, Marc C. Conner became the college's eighth president, replacing Philip A. Glotzbach, who had served as president since 2003. In February 2019, Glotzbach had announced that he would retire at the end of the 2019–2020 school year.
In 2023, the college's computer network was subject to a ransomware attack. The college notified affiliates whose data may have been accessed, and provided two years of a credit-monitoring service. An Oklahoma law firm filed a class-action suit, with two former employees of the college named as lead plaintiffs.
=== Presidents ===
Charles Henry Keyes, 1912–1925
Henry T. Moore, 1925–1957
Val H. Wilson, 1957–1965
Joseph C. Palamountain Jr., 1965–1987
David H. Porter, 1987–1999
Jamienne S. Studley, 1999–2003
Philip A. Glotzbach, 2003–2020
Marc C. …
