Conrad K. Harper, a member of Harvard’s top governing board, resigns over a proposed raise for university president Dr. Lawrence H. Summers. In addition, Harper also cites his dissatisfaction with Summers’ leadership, including the Harvard president’s controversial comments about women’s aptitude for science and math, as a reason for his resignation. Harper, who is Black, was the only minority on the board at the time.
Dr. Barbara Hatton, president of historically Black Knoxville College, was fired in August amid utility cutoffs and claims the faculty hadn’t been paid.
Dr. Calvin W. Lowe, president of Bowie State University in Maryland, announces he will resign at the end of the academic year, after “having achieved most of my personal and professional goals at BSU.”
Dr. Oscar L. Prater is named president of Talladega College in Alabama.
Dr. Peter McPherson is named president of the National Association of State Universities and Land-Grant Colleges effective Jan. 1.
Dr. Gloria Bromell-Tinubu resigns as president of Barber-Scotia College in North Carolina after a little more than a year on the job.
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