Akinleye made the announcement at a Jan. 12, 2024, assembly of the NCCU Board of Trustees.
Johnson O. Akinleye, chancellor of North Carolina Central College in Durham, has introduced he’ll step down on the finish of the tutorial 12 months. He was appointed the twelfth chancellor of North Carolina Central College on June 26, 2017.
Akinleye has delivered transformational management to NCCU throughout his tenure, steering the establishment to attain information in enrollment (5.5% development in 2023, forward of all UNC System establishments); fundraising ($16.4 million generated in 2023); pupil success and analysis funding ($227 million generated from 2017-2023); in addition to development and achievement in athletics, together with an HBCU Nationwide Championship for soccer in 2022.
“I’m deeply grateful to have had the chance to guide this esteemed college by a interval of development and innovation, a interval when the establishment was primed for transformative change,” Dr. Akinleye stated.
“I’m immensely proud and really gratified to have labored with very proficient government workers, a supportive board of trustees, a devoted school and workers and 1000’s of caring and devoted alumni throughout the nation and worldwide throughout the previous eight-plus years.”
Dr. Akinleye joined NCCU as provost and vice chancellor for educational affairs in February 2014, then assumed the function of appearing chancellor in August 2016 and interim chancellor in December 2016, earlier than his appointment as chancellor.
Earlier than coming to NCCU, Dr. Akinleye had been affiliate vice chancellor for educational packages on the College of North Carolina at Wilmington. Earlier in his profession, he was vp for administration and chief working officer at what’s now Edward Waters College, a traditionally Black instructional establishment in Jacksonville, Florida.
He has additionally held school and/or administrative posts at Bethune-Cookman College in Daytona Seaside, Florida, and Bowie State College in Maryland.
Dr. Akinleye is a graduate of Alabama A&M College, the place he majored in telecommunications. He earned a grasp’s diploma in media know-how from Alabama A&M and a Ph.D. in human communications from Howard College.
A nationwide search might be carried out for a successor, with particulars to be launched quickly.
