B.A. Spanish, Minor in Russian, Morgan State University 

M.S. Reading Specialist, Morgan State University 

Ph.D. Educational Leadership with an emphasis in Community College Leadership, University of  Texas at Austin

Myrtle E. B. Dorsey serves as the Director/Professor of Practice for the Community College Leadership Program at Morgan State University.  She continues to serve as a consultant to the American Association of Community Colleges in Washington, D.C. facilitating the Roueche Future Leaders Institute. She has served in numerous leadership roles in Maryland, Georgia, Ohio, Louisiana, and Missouri.  She is the former Chancellor of Baton Rouge Community College located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana for ten years. After leaving Baton Rouge she served as the Chancellor of the St. Louis Community College District. Dr. Dorsey is a graduate of Morgan State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish, a Master of Science in reading, and received her Ph.D. in higher education administration with an emphasis in community college leadership from the University of Texas at Austin. She has served as a college reading instructor, academic skills center director, university reading specialist, director of student support services, assistant to the dean of students, associate dean of student services, vice president of student affairs, system vice president of student affairs and institutional development, executive vice president, and chancellor. Dr. Dorsey has had extensive experience in higher education leadership, teaching, and service to the community. She served on the 21st Century Commission on the Future of Community Colleges,  chaired the American Association of Community Colleges Board of Directors (32-members), served on the Baton Rouge Area Chamber Board of Directors, American Council on Education-Commission on Effective Leadership, Governor-Elect Jindal’s Higher Education Council, Baton Rouge Film Commission Board, Baton Rouge Literacy Coalition Board, Advisory Panel-Volunteers in Public Schools, Board of Trustees-Baton Rouge General Medical Center, Woman’s Hospital Development Council, Capital Area Network, Mid-City Merchants Association of Baton Rouge Board, and Louisiana Governor’s Adult Learning Task Force. Dr. Dorsey has been honored with the St. Louis Empowerment Foundation-Women in Leadership Award, Phi Theta Kappa’s Shirley B. Gordon Award of Distinction, Baton Rouge Brotherhood and Sisterhood Award, the Rotary’s Paul Harris Fellow, NAACP Freedom Fund Community Service Award, Distinguished Graduate of the Community College Leadership Program, and the NISOD Master Teacher Award. 

Research Interests: 

Community College Leadership, Developmental Education, and Learning Disabilities