Otha Burton Jr. to Lead the New Institute of Government at Jackson State University
The former chief administrative officer for the city of Jackson, Dr. Burton joined the faculty at Jackson State in 2006 as an associate professor and associate dean in the university's School of Policy and Planning.
Danita Brown Is a Finalist for Dean of Students at the University of Minnesota
She is currently the dean of students at Purdue University in West Lafayette, Indiana. Blacks make up 4 percent of the 35,000-member undergraduate student body at the Twin Cities campus.
The New Dean of Arts and Sciences at Fort Valley State University
Victor M.D. Brown has been serving as dean of the Division of Science, Mathematics, and Technology at Burlington County College in Pemberton, New Jersey. He holds a Ph.D. in biochemistry from the University of the West Indies.
Change in Leadership at Essex County College
Edythe Abdullah has announced she is stepping down as president of the two-year college in Newark, New Jersey, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Gale Gibson, senior vice president for academic affairs.
Valerie Roberson Is a Finalist for President of Prairie State College
Currently, Dr. Roberson is vice president for academic affairs at Joliet Junior College in Illinois. She is the former president of Olive-Harvey College and was vice president for adult education at the City Colleges of Chicago.
Spelman College Graduate to Become President of York College in Pennsylvania
Since 2006, Dr. Gunter-Smith has been provost and academic vice president at Drew University in Madison, New Jersey. Previously, she was the Porter Professor of Physiology at Spelman College in Atlanta.
James Earl Lyons to Lead the University of the District of Columbia
Dr. Lyons, who will be interim president, has served as president of Bowie State University, Jackson State University, and California State University Dominguez Hills. From 2007 to 2010 he was secretary of the Maryland Higher Education Commission.
Florida A&M University Names a New Dean
Valencia E. Matthews was named dean of the new College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities. She has been the interim dean since the College of Arts and Science was separated into two schools: the College of Social Sciences, Arts, and Humanities and the College of Science and Technology.
Survey Finds No Progress in Increasing the Diversity of the University Leadership Pipeline
The survey found that between 2008 and 2013 the percentage of Blacks and other minorities in senior administration posts remained the same. The percentage of Blacks in the position of chief academic officer actually declined from 3.7 percent in 2008 to 2.3 percent today.
Donald Pope-Davis Named Provost at DePaul University in Chicago
Currently, Dr. Pope-Davis is professor of psychology and vice president and associate provost at the University of Notre Dame in Indiana. He has served on the Notre Dame faculty for 13 years and has been associate provost since 2007.
Annette Parker Is One of Three Finalists for President of South Central College
Annette Parker currently serves as the executive director of the Kentucky Community and Technical College System. She also is the executive director of the National Center of Excellence in Advanced Automotive Manufacturing.
Heidi Anderson Named Provost at the University of the Sciences in Philadelphia
When Dr. Anderson takes office in July, the university's two highest officials, president and provost, both will be African American women. Helen F. Giles-Gee became the university's president a year ago. Only 6 percent of the undergraduate student body at the university is Black.
Alfred Mathewson Is a Finalist for Dean of the University of New Mexico School...
Professor Mathewson holds the Henry Weihofen Chair in Law at the University of New Mexico. He is also the director of the university's Africana studies program. He has served on the faculty at the University of New Mexico School of Law since 1983.
Marvin Lynn Named Dean of Education at Indiana University South Bend
Dr. Lynn is currently the associate dean for teacher education at the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire and previously served on the faculties of the University of Illinois at Chicago and the University of Maryland. He will begin his new duties on July 1.
Debra Saunders-White Will Be the Next Chancellor of North Carolina Central University
Debra Saunders-White was named the 11th chancellor of North Carolina Central University in Durham. She will take on her new role on June 1. Dr. Saunders-White has been serving as deputy assistant secretary for higher education programs at the U.S. Department of Education.
Rodney Bennett Appointed President of the University of Southern Mississippi
Dr. Bennett, now vice president for student affairs at the University of Georgia, will be the first African American president of any of the five predominantly White state universities in Mississippi.
Lincoln University of Missouri Names Its Next President
Kevin D. Rome, currently vice chancellor for student affairs and enrollment management at North Carolina Central University in Durham, will become the 19th president of Lincoln University of Missouri on June 1.
Brent Chrite Is One of Four Finalists for Chancellor of Indiana University South Bend
Dr. Chrite is dean of the School of Business and professor of management and international business at Montclair State University in New Jersey. He is the former associate dean at the Eller College of Management of the University of Arizona.
Federico Talley Ousted as President of Frederick Community College
Dr. Talley assumed the presidency of the community college just six months ago. He was the first African American to hold the post.
Carolyn Hull Anderson Is the New Leader of Baltimore City Community College
Dr. Anderson was serving as an associate professor at Morgan State University but was on the faculty at Baltimore City Community College for nearly 30 years.
Emilie Townes Named Dean of the Vanderbilt Divinity School
Dr. Townes currently serves as the Andrew W. Mellon Professor of African American Religion and Theology at Yale Divinity School. She also is the associate dean of academic affairs. She will assume her new post in July.
Rachel Petty Now Leads the University of the District of Columbia
Dr. Petty, a professor of psychology and former dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, will serve as interim chief operating officer until an interim president is named sometime in January.
Tennessee State University Drops Charges Against Leader of Its Faculty Senate
Jane Davis, associate professor of literature, was taken into custody in handcuffs for disorderly conduct during a meeting last August between members of the faculty senate and the university administration.
Balitmore City Community College “Separates” President Carolane Williams From the College
Baltimore City Community College enrolls about 7,000 students in degree programs and three quarters of the students are African Americans. Dr. Williams has served as president for the past six years.
Fisk University Names Its 15th President
H. James Williams is dean of the Seidman College of Business at Grand Valley State University in Allendale, Michigan. He will assume his new post on February 1, 2013.
Tennessee State University Chooses Its Next President
Glenda Baskin Glover is currently dean of the College of Business at Jackson State University in Mississippi. She has been at Jackson State since 1994. Previously, she was chair of the department of accounting at Howard University in Washington, D.C.
The Higher Education of the New Chief Justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court
The first Black Supreme Court justice and first Black chief justice is a graduate of Kentucky State University and the University of Oklahoma School of Law. He is a former assistant dean of the law school at Marquette University.
New Leadership at Florida Memorial University
Mary A. O'Banner, who joined the university's staff in 1989 and most recently served as chief of staff in the Office of the President, was named acting president replacing Henry Lewis III, who was inaugurated as the university's 12th president earlier this year.
Mortimer Neufville to Lead Coppin State University
The former executive vice president of the Association of Public and Land-Grant Universities, he recently served for 10 months as interim president of the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
John Silvanus Wilson Jr. to Be the Next President of Morehouse College
Dr. Wilson currently serves as the executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black College and Universities. He will begin his new role in January.
Fisk University Names Two Finalists for President
Fisk has chosen two finalists with far different resumes. One has a background in business while the other has had a career largely in academia.
Eric Lee to Lead Colorado Community College Online
Since April 2009, he has been the president and CEO of the Colorado Black Chamber of Commerce and previously was assistant to the president at Suffolk University in Boston.
Decisions Made on the Future of Three HBCU Presidents in Mississippi
Donna Oliver of Mississippi Valley State University did not have her contract renewed. Carolyn Meyers at Jackson State University and M. Christopher Brown of Alcorn State University received four-year extensions.
ACE Program Seeks to Increase the Number of Minority College Presidents
The American Council on Education's Spectrum Executive Leadership Program is an initiative that has the goal of making the leadership of higher education more representative of the people it serves.
Tennessee State University Announces Four Finalists for Its Next President
Glenda Glover, dean of business at Jackson State University, Ainsley Carry, vice president of student affairs at Auburn University, Candace Campbell Jackson, a vice president at the University of Akron, and Bennie Harris, a vice president at Lipscomb University, are in the running.
Coppin State University President Announces He Is Stepping Down
Reginald Avery is leaving in January after five years on the job. Last February, the faculty senate approved a vote of no confidence in Dr. Avery's leadership.
