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‘This is a calling’: Two HBCUs in the nation’s capital get new presidents

Ben Vinson III is about to start at Howard University, and Maurice Edington now leads the University of the District of Columbia

Two 53-year-old academic leaders are taking the helm this summer at the two historically Black universities in the nation’s capital. One is a newcomer to the world of HBCUs, the other a product of them. Click here to read more.

Ben Vinson III, left, incoming president of Howard University, and Maurice Edington, new president of the University of the District of Columbia, spoke together with the The Washington Post ahead of the new school year. (Bill O’Leary/The Washington Post)

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