Perspective: Leadership Steps for Bold Change at HBCUs

Perspective: Leadership Steps for Bold Change at HBCUs: The HBCU Symposium held this past June in Durham, N.C., the concluding event of North Carolina Central University’s Centennial Celebration, was a noteworthy event and deserving of further discussion. Having spent my formative years and much of my professional career in and around HBCUs, I wanted to offer my thoughts and support to Chancellor Charlie Nelms’ call for HBCUs to be “bold,” “change the narrative and (their) approach” and “… to be strategic.”

Changing the narrative means more than developing a new marketing campaign and doing a better job of public relations. Such a change requires a transformation in the behaviors and culture of many of these institutions.