20th Century Presidents
Who Have Influenced the Higher Education Landscape
Institutions that have made the most progress in terms of access, matriculation and diversity in the 20th century owe much of their success to the leadership of bold chief executives who were unafraid to take risks and unyielding in their commitment to educational equity. Black Issues salutes the following change agents.
Derek Bok,Harvard University
William Bowen, Princeton University,
Mellon Foundation
They know rivers and write eloquently about the ebb and flow of affirmative action in higher education.
Horace Mann Bond
Fort Valley State College, Lincoln University-Pennsylvania
This father of civil rights activist Julian Bond emerged as an early critic of the dubious intelligence theories and myths springing up from the IQ testing movement.
Lionel Bordeaux
Sinte Gleska University
He led his institution to become one of the first two tribally controlled colleges to receive accreditation for a bachelor’s degree program and the first to earn accreditation for a master’s program.
Ray Bowen
La Guardia Community College
Distinguished for his candor in describing the plight of minorities in higher education and articulating what higher education must do in the face of its demographic imperative.
Oswald Bronson
Bethune-Cookman College
He does Mary McLeod Bethune’s legacy proud.
