Tarrant County College District Appoints First Black Chancellor

Erma Johnson Hadley was named chancellor of the Tarrant County College District in Fort Worth, Texas. The community college system enrolls more than 45,000 students, about 15 percent of whom are black.

Chancellor Hadley has been a faculty member and administrator for the college for the past 41 years. She is the first African American and the first woman to be named chancellor.

Hadley is a graduate of Prairie View A&M University in Texas and holds a master’s degree in business education from Bowling Green State University.

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