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Thomas Coley to Oversee More Campuses of Ivy Tech Community College

Thomas G. Coley, chancellor of the North Central region of Ivy Tech Community College in Indiana, was given additional responsibilities as interim chancellor of the college's Northwest region.

University of the District of Columbia Dismisses Its President

Dr. Allen Sessoms has led the University of the District of Columbia since September 2008. Previously, he was president of Delaware State University and before that he was president of Queens College, part of the City University of New York system.

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.

David Wilson Shown the Door at Morgan State University

David Wilson, who has been president of Morgan State for only three years, was informed his contract would not be renewed. The board of regents appointed a member to serve as head of the transition team and announced that it would begin a search for a new president immediately.

A Decline in Doctoral Degree Awards for African Americans

The number of African Americans earning doctorates has declined in each of the past two years, after reaching an all-time high in 2009. Over the last decade, the percentage of all doctoral degree awards that were earned by Blacks has stagnated at close to 6 percent.

Patricia King Stepping Down From the Harvard Corporation

The Carmack Waterhouse Professor of Law, Medicine, Ethics, and Public Policy at the Georgetown University Law Center has served on the principal fiduciary governing authority of Harvard University for the past seven 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.

Russlyn Ali Steps Down From Civil Rights Post at the Department of Education

During her tenure, the Office for Civil Rights focused more on complaints of discrimination than had been the case in the Bush administration. Her office also issued new guidance for how colleges and universities should respond to incidents of sexual assault.

African American Student at Auburn University Named a Mitchell Scholar

Marian Royston is a native of Roanoke, Alabama, and a senior at Auburn University where she is majoring in history. She is the only African American among this year's class of 12 Mitchell Scholars who will study in Ireland beginning in September 2013.

Luther S. Williams Earns Major Promotion at Tuskegee University

The university's provost for the past two years, he will continue in that post but, as the new executive vice president, will also take on administrative oversight over enrollment and retention programs, budget and fiscal affairs, the university's physical plant, and development efforts.

For New Job Market Entrants, a College Education Eliminates the Racial Earned Income Gap

Black bachelor's degree recipients who earned their degree during the 2007-08 academic year had an average earned income of in 2009 of $39,700. This was only slightly less than the average earned income of $40,500 for Whites who earned their degree in the same year.

Leadership in Flux at Alabama State University

Joseph H. Silver, who became president of Alabama State University in September, was placed on paid administrative leave by the university's board of trustees.

St. Augustine’s University in Talks to Acquire Saint Paul’s College

Saint Paul's College lost its accreditation earlier this year but retains its previous status as it appeals the decision. However, there are only slightly more than 100 students on campus this fall.

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.

African American College Students Are Increasingly Studying Abroad

In the 2005-06 academic year, 3.5 percent of all American college students who studied abroad were Black. Since that time the percentage of Blacks in the study abroad pool has increased each year.

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.

Appeals Court Strikes Down Michigan Ban on Race-Sensitive Admissions

In a highly controversial decision, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled 8 to 7 to strike down Proposal 2 that was overwhelmingly approved by Michigan voters in 2006.

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.

The New Director of the James Weldon Institute at Emory University

Tyrone Forman, a professor of sociology at Emory, replaces the late Rudolph R. Byrd, who founded the institute in 2007.

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.
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