Turnover at Historically Black Colleges Creates Openings for New Style of Leaders

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Turnover at Historically Black Colleges Creates Openings for New Style of Leaders

Chronicle of Higher Education

March 11, 2012

At least 15 of the nation's 104 historically black colleges are looking for new presidents at a time when many of those institutions are seeking to redefine their missions and modernize their operations.The large number of vacancies at black colleges is largely due to the rising demands of the job and the strain that the economy has put on the institutions, said John S. Wilson Jr., executive director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities.

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