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Critics Say Chambers Is On Target With Getting Alumni More Involved
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Ing up, as well as the univer
sity's physical plant.
"We’ve got to raise private
funds because the state
doesn’t have the funds to
make repairs. The facilities
have been neglected over a
number of years. We simply
didn’t receive the funding
that other schools received
historically. With a 16-
campus university system, a
community college system
and a public high school sys
tem there are only so many
dollars available. We have
the major problem in catch
ing up. We have additional
demands made by increasing
student population."
To help solve these prob
lems, the university is
launching a yet-unnamed
$50 million campaign this
fall. “Fund raising w^l be a
major part of what we’ll be
about for the next two or
three years," Chambers said.
Chambers said by improv
ing the scholarship fund, the
school will compete in at
tracting higher-caliber stu
dents. "A lack of scholarship
money is one of the major
areas that deter African
Americans from getting an
education." By cutting some
programs, the school In
creased the fund to $132,000.
for 1993-94. "But that’s not
enough. We need to increase
it to at least $1 million," he
said.
Chambers said the school
also has to ensure the stu
dents get the proper educa
tion by attracting - and
keeping - top faculty. He
plans to do this by establish
ing endowed chairs.
"There are 24 departments
and three additional
schools. The (university) has
never had one. The goal is to
have an endowed chair in at
least every school and de
partment that we have. The
first phase is to establish at
least 10."
What the school teaches
will have the greatest Impact
on attracting students, facul
ty and ensuring its survival.
Chambers said.
"The goal we have is to be
one of the top institutions in
the country in terms of liber
al arts education - one that
focuses on relevance in to
day’s market. In our educa
tion programs our concern
should be how do you teach
poor kids? How do you teach
law in a way that will enable
those trained at this institu
tion to represent poor people.
. .If the institution can de
velop programs that are rele
vant to our people today, and
those programs are quality
programs, it will satisfy the
objectives we have in devel
oping a top-notch institution
recognized across the coun
try."
Chambers Is also con
cerned with getting alumni
more involved. He asked for
and got Input from alums in
selecting applicants to fill
vacancies in vice chancellor-
ships.
’We must ensure they pro
vide the major support for
the school as they should. We
must do what we need to do to
Increase alumni support,"
Chambers said.
Ronald H. Gantt, Central’s
national alumni president,
appreciates Chambers’ ef
forts.
"We have been working
closely with him. He wants
alumni on various commit
tees, especially search com
mittees for vice chancellors,"
Gantt said In a phone inter
view from Louisville, Ky. "He
wants alumni input. I think
he’s been the first chancellor
to involve the alumni as
much as he has."
"I’m very happy with him,"
Gantt said. "He’s trying to get
more funds for the universi
ty. He’s gone out to corpora
tions and has gotten them to
give money to our scholar
ship fund. He’s gotten groups
to set up the endowed chairs.
Everyone seems to be pleased
I’ve not heard a lot of dissen
sion.”
Chambers, a native North
Carolinian, started his aca
demic career in 1954 when
he enrolled at NCCU (then
called North Carolina Col
lege). Even then, people
knew he was destined for,
greatness.
"He came there getting rights
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