Clark Atlanta University President Carlton E. Brown has been appointed to the Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges' Council of Presidents. The appointment is for three years beginning in October.

The Council of Presidents is a standing AGB advisory group of college, university and system chief executives who provide guidance to the association on issues, trends and practices related to higher education and citizen trusteeship.

Brown would be one of five members of the council from a black college.

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