A top administrator will lead Talladega College on an interim basis as the school searches for a permanent president.

Gregory Vincent, the 21st president of Talladega College, resigned June 4. Vincent said he plans to return to practicing law.

The next day, the board of the historically Black liberal arts college named Edward Hill Jr., the college’s current vice provost for lifelong learning and professional development and dean of graduate studies, as interim president on a short-term basis.

Hill’s resume spans the South. He was the dean of the College of Education and associate professor of educational leadership at Texas A&M University Central Texas and Fort Valley State University. He was appointed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to that state’s board of education committee on teacher preparation and certification.

Hill also served on the president’s diversity commission for the University of Georgia System to develop diversity programs and increase academic achievement for African American students.

No timeline has been established for hiring the college’s next president. The board of trustees will continue to provide additional information on the college’s next steps as it becomes available.

“We are unified in our commitment to the college, the students we educate, the faculty and staff we employ, and the alumni and supporters who advocate on our behalf,” Rica Lewis-Payton, chair of the board, said in a news release. “We look forward to stewarding this new path with the administration, together.”

The school did not respond to a request for salary information for Vincent or Hill.