Leadership

Kenneth Saunders to Lead Nassau Community College on Long Island

He has been serving as the executive vice president of the college and previously served for 12 years as the college's vice president for academic student services.

Meharry Medical College Professor Installed as President of the National Medical Association

Rahn Kennedy Bailey will lead the association representing 30,000 African-American physicians nationwide for one year.

Charles Becton to Lead North Carolina Central University

A former judge of the North Carolina Court of Appeals, he has been teaching at the law schools of Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Cecilia Rouse Named Dean of Princeton’s Woodrow Wilson School

A member of the Princeton faculty since 1992, Dr. Rouse served on the President's Council of Economic Advisers from 2009 to 2011.

Claflin University Appoints Its First Provost

Karl S. wright in the first provost in the 143-year history of Claflin University, an HBCU in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

John Ellis Price Stepping Down as President of the University of North Texas at Dallas

When the institution opened in 2001, there were only 55 students enrolled who took classes in a leased space at a business park. Today, there are more than 2,000 students enrolled in 19 degree programs at the university's 264-acre campus in south Dallas.

Larry Robinson to Lead Florida A&M University

Since March, Dr. Robinson has been provost and vice president for academic affairs. He is the former assistant secretary for conservation and management at the U.S. Commerce Department.

Bobby Watson to Direct New Bachelor’s Degree Program in Jazz Studies at UMKC

The Conservatory of Music and Dance at the University of Missouri at Kansas City will offer the first degree program in jazz in the state university system.

Survey Finds Declining Percentage of Minority Presidents at Independent Colleges

The Council of Independent Colleges, representing 640 educational institutions, found that the percentage of minority presidents at member institutions dropped from 8 percent in 2006 to 6 percent in 2011.

The New Dean of the North Carolina Central University School of Law

Phyllis Craig-Taylor has been serving as associate dean for academics at the Charlotte School of Law in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Linda Edmonds Turner to Lead Roxbury Community College

From 2002 to 2011, Dr. Turner was president of the Urban College of Boston.

Roxbury Community College President to Step Down

Terrence A. Gomes, president for the past nine years, has been under fire for alleged underreporting of crime on campus and for major delays in the distribution of financial aid to students.

Howard University Names Its New Provost

Wayne A.I. Frederick has been serving as professor of surgery, director of the Howard University Cancer Center, and interim deputy provost for health sciences at the university.

Esther Terry to Lead Bennett College for Women

She was a founding member of the Afro-American studies department at the University of Massachusetts and served as department chair for 19 years.

Cynthia Warrick to Lead South Carolina State University

She has been serving as a senior fellow in the School of Pharmacy at Howard University in Washington, D.C.

Rudy Crew Will Be the New Education Czar in Oregon

An often controversial figure, he has led the public school systems in New York, Miami, Sacramento, and Tacoma.

The Next President of Alabama State University

Joseph H. Silver Sr. has been serving as provost and vice president for academic affairs at Clark Atlanta University.

Livingston Alexander Given Authority Over a Second Campus of the University of Pittsburgh

President of the Bradford campus since 2003, he will now do double duty as president of the Titusville campus.

Historically Black Central State University in Ohio Names a New President

Cynthia Jackson-Hammond is the former provost and vice president of academic affairs at Coppin State University in Baltimore.

The New Leader of West Virginia State University

Brian Hemphill has been serving as vice president for student affairs at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb.
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