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===Post-government career=== Card received an honorary degree from the [[University of Massachusetts Amherst]] on May 25, 2007. While accepting the degree, Card was booed loudly by students and faculty who deplored the choice to bestow the honor.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Bush aide Card is booed at UMass|url=https://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2007-05-27-card-umass_N.htm |access-date= April 3, 2011|newspaper=USA Today|agency=Associated Press|date=May 27, 2007}}</ref> Card considered running in the [[United States Senate special election in Massachusetts, 2010|2010 special election]] to fill the [[United States Senate]] seat held by [[Ted Kennedy]], who had died in office. State Senator [[Scott Brown (politician)|Scott Brown]], who considered entering the race, promised to drop out if Card decided to run.<ref>{{cite news|last=LeBlanc|first=Steve|title=Card says he is considering run for Kennedy's seat|url=http://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/card-says-he-is-134721.html|access-date=April 3, 2011|newspaper=Atlanta Journal-Constitution|agency=Associated Press|date=September 9, 2009}}</ref> Card announced on September 11, 2009, that he would not enter the race and that he was throwing his support to Brown, who went on to win the election.<ref>{{cite news|title=Former Bush Aide Card Not Seeking Kennedy Seat|url=http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/12/bush-aide-card-seeking-kennedy-seat/?test=latestnews|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102142622/http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/09/12/bush-aide-card-seeking-kennedy-seat/?test=latestnews|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 2, 2012|access-date=April 3, 2011|publisher=Fox News|agency=Associated Press|date=September 12, 2009}}</ref> On July 5, 2011, Card was named acting dean of [[The Bush School of Government and Public Service]] at [[Texas A&M University]].<ref>{{cite news|title=Andrew Card Named Acting Dean Of Bush School At Texas A&M|url= http://bush.tamu.edu/news/index.php/story/andrew_card_named_acting_dean_of_bush_school_at_texas_am |publisher=Texas A&M University}}</ref> In 2014, Card was selected as the fifth president of [[Franklin Pierce University]] in [[Rindge, New Hampshire]].<ref>{{cite news |title= Andrew Card named president of Franklin Pierce University|url=http://www.wmur.com/news/andrew-card-named-president-of-franklin-pierce-university/29920788?absolute=true| access-date= November 25, 2014|website= WMUR.com|date=November 25, 2014}}</ref> He began his tenure in December 2014, and resigned in summer of 2016. Since December 2023, Card has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the George & Barbara Bush Foundation.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Secretary Andrew H. Card, Jr. |url=https://georgeandbarbarabush.org/people/secretary-andrew-h-card-jr |access-date=2024-10-17 |website=George & Barbara Bush Foundation}}</ref>
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