HBCU Leaders Urged to Innovate: Invoking the rich history of historically Black colleges and universities in the U.S., Dr. John S. Wilson Jr., the newly appointed executive director of the White House Initiative on HBCUs urged several hundred administrators and faculty members from these institutions as well as federal government officials Tuesday to develop innovative approaches for improving Black schools.
In what might be considered Wilson’s inaugural address during the annual HBCU Week conference, the Morehouse College graduate recalled the century-long struggle by HBCUs to close the resource gap that exists between them and predominantly White institutions.
