After a high‑profile president–board conflict at Morris Brown College, leaders of historically Black colleges and universities reconvened to address chronic leadership turnover and board instability. Experts at recent convenings argued that governance reforms, trustee development and targeted funding are needed to stabilize presidencies and protect institutional missions. Participants suggested stronger succession planning, shared governance training, and donor strategies aimed at long‑term leadership stability rather than short‑term crisis management. HBCU advocates emphasized that leadership churn aggravates enrollment, fundraising and accreditation pressures already heightened by federal scrutiny and state funding shifts. Board members and presidents said they will pilot governance support programs and peer‑mentoring networks this year; philanthropic organizations signaled interest in underwriting trustee education to reduce abrupt presidential departures and rebuild institutional capacity.