[4] In 1980, Wolfe was appointed Head for the Division of Humanities and Fine Arts at Fayetteville State University.
[8] Wolfe resigned amid an investigation by the university Board of Regents into potential financial misconduct, who accused him of spending too much on the president's official house, mishandling some personnel matters and giving himself a 9.5 percent pay raise without board approval, in possible violation of his contract.
[9] Students marched on the Kentucky State Capitol in his support, due to wanting to preserve the university's status as a historically black institution and fear that if Mr. Wolfe were fired, the regents would move to change that mission.
Wolfe also oversaw the highest enrollment in Savannah State's history, which grew to over 3,200 students during the 1994 and 1995 school years.
[12] Wolfe was appointed Associate Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University System of Maryland on January 3, 2006.
I have had to mediate and mitigate, and I found that in order to make diversity and inclusion work, you have to find a common ground.
"[16] In 2020, Wolfe co-authored a chapter titled, "Examining Barriers to Minority Faculty Contributions in Higher Education" that was published in the book Disparities in the Academy: Accounting for the Elephant.
[17] Wolfe has published work on topics including literary criticism, linguistics, career development, curriculum, English dialectology, diversity, and photography.