January 6, 2006

Judge Will Be Chancellor of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan U.; Public-Health Scholar to Lead Simmons College; Business School Misses a Deadline and Loses Its Accreditation

By MEGAN LINDOW and SCOTT SMALLWOOD

IN MANDELA'S FOOTSTEPS: Pius Langa, chief justice of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, will become the first chancellor of the new Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, an institution that bills itself as being "inspired by the leadership qualities of Nelson Mandela in the transformation to democracy in South Africa."

Ronnie Pillay, who chairs the university's governing council, cited Mr. Langa's long record of public service and nondiscrimination. Mr. Langa, 66, gained