The university said Dr. Rodas was an expert on finances and academic programs for private liberal arts colleges.
Five years ago, Mr. Alagappan, 52, created a foundation that underwrites academic programs for talented students with modest means.
The Touro College School of Health Sciences, located downtown, offers undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate academic programs for more than 650 students.
Dr. Herbst is executive vice chancellor of the University System of Georgia, overseeing all academic programs for Georgia's 35 public colleges and universities.
I was against it then because I feared it would divert too much money from the academic programs for which the university was known and lead to lower standards in the admission of potential athletes.
A global communications center in the high school gives students access to international news and programs William J. Brosnan, the superintendent, said Northport High School has a number of academic programs for highly motivated students.
There are a number of academic programs for which schools can buy materials from 4-H, often for a fraction of the cost of comparable teachers' guides sold through commercial publishers.
Fisk's chairman, Robert W. Norton, added, "The order will result in an excessive endowment for the art collection while ignoring the need to endow Fisk's outstanding academic programs for which it has received national recognition".
