Jonathan R. Alger is the sixth and current president of James Madison University. Alger became JMU's sixth president on July 1, 2012. Alger is the sixth president since the university’s founding in 1908. He was formally inaugurated on March 15, 2013.Alger is also a scholar and speaker on higher education policy and law and currently co-teaches a seminar on leadership in the JMU Honors Program.