Interim SU chancellor brings stability, stresses retention rates

Interim Chancellor Margaret Ambrose

Margaret Ambrose may only be the “interim” chancellor of Southern University, but that does not mean she is just keeping a seat warm. Ambrose has been in charge since May. But the former executive vice chancellor has already embarked on a full-fledged student retention “crusade.”

When Southern’s student enrollment dropped 3 percent this fall, Ambrose saw the problem was not in freshmen recruitment. Ambrose said she saw that the problem is not attracting students to Southern. Rather, it is keeping them there until they graduate.

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