Clark Atlanta University President Ronald Johnson celebrated his first 100 days of leading the historically black college last week.
Johnson, a former dean of Texas Southern University’s business college, replaced Carlton Brown who had been Clark Atlanta’s president for seven years.
On July 1, Johnson became the fourth president of the institution that claims such notable alumni as civil rights icon Ralph Abernathy, playwright Kenny Leon and U.S. Congressman Hank Johnson.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution talked with Johnson about his first 100 days of leadership, which he described as “hectic,” and his plans for the Clark Atlanta’s future.
Q: Part of your focus has been learning about what CAU does well and better marketing those successes. What does Clark Atlanta do well?
A: We do well with the way that higher education is formulated for the future. Our faculty has taken the giant step in reviewing the curriculum and refocusing it on a set of competencies they need to have for successful careers no matter what. By doing that, they are redefining the concept of what higher education means in the context of liberal arts and STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) institutions. read more
