HBCU DIGEST: What's the word on the Hampton presidential search?

Conventional wisdom always dictates that you never follow in the footsteps of a legend. Still, the search for the next president of Hampton University is anything but conventional.

Months after announcing that he would depart in the summer of 2022, the Home by the Sea has yet to publicly announce much movement on who will replace the iconic William Harvey. Over nearly 50 years, he made Hampton into a blueprint for how old school autocracy and new-age collaborative management meld to create a world-class historically Black educational machine.

Now only six months remain for the university's board to make sure that its G.O.A.T. feels good about moving from one side of the glittering peninsula to the other, transitioning from sitting executive to treasured president emeritus.