Last month, Gale Gibson, president of Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, was suspended with pay. Now the college’s board of trustees has fired Dr. Gibson. She became president of the community college in 2013.
The winners of notable awards are Akil Khalfani of Essex County College in Newark, New Jersey, Angele Kingue of Bucknell University in Lewisburg, Pennsylvania, and James L. Moore III of Ohio State University.
Edythe Abdullah has announced she is stepping down as president of the two-year college in Newark, New Jersey, and will be replaced on an interim basis by Gale Gibson, senior vice president for academic affairs.
Here is news of seven new appointments of African Americans to posts in the academic arena.
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