Chronicle of Higher Education Leadership and Governance: Turnover at Historically Black Colleges Creates Openings for New Style of Leaders

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

http://chronicle.com/article/Historically-Black-Colleges/131145/

AP Images; Philander Smith College; Getty

From left: Hazel R. O'Leary of Fisk U., Walter M. Kimbrough of Philander Smith College, and Julianne Malveaux of Bennett College

By Eric Kelderman

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.

Chronicle of Higher Education Leadership and Governance: Turnover at Historically Black Colleges Creates Openings for New Style of Leaders