He came to AAMU from Future Focus 2020, Babcock Graduate School of Management, Wake Forest University, where he was the executive vice president and chief operating officer.
There, he managed the daily operations of the agency which is dedicated to engaging and including minority involvement in significant social, technical, economic, and political trends.
[citation needed] On March 31, 2008, the Board of Trustees of AAMU fired Jennings in response to allegations of impropriety regarding the employment of his assistant and of fixing student grades.
[citation needed] In September 2014, Jennings received criticism for a speech he gave to assembled female students at Lincoln University during All Women's Convocation.
During the speech he warned female students to not file false rape reports simply because 'the relationship had not go their way', something he said had happened multiple times.