Ramba uchiverenga ndima ino - Wilson paakauya kuCalifornia State University, Northridge muna 1992, ndiye akanga ari mukadzi wokutanga wechiAfrica wokuAmerica kuva purezidhendi weyunivhesiti huru yokuAmerica (yevadzidzi vanopfuura 25 000). Akanga ari purezidhendi weCSUN panguva yekudengenyeka kweNorthridge muna 1994
, imwe yenjodzi dzinongoitika dzoga dzakaipisisa munhau yeU.S. Wilson akatarisira $400 miriyoni kuvakazve kembasi kwemakore anoverengeka, apo zvivako 107 zvakakanganiswa kana kuparadzwa, zvichiita kuti panguva inodhura zvikuru njodzi dzinongoitika dzoga kukanganisa yunivhesiti muUnited States. Nepo Wilson akagamuchira kurumbidzwa kwenzvimbo uye kwenyika nebasa rake mukudzorera kudengenyeka kwepasi kuCSUN, akashoropodzwawo nenyaya dzakakanganisa hutungamiriri hwake. Munguva yokuderedzwa kwebhajeti kwakakomba, akashoropodzwa nokuda kwokuronga kudzinga vadzidzisi. Akapindura nokuudza CSUN Faculty Senate kuti "Iyi haisi sangano rinoona nezvemabasa, iyi yunivhesiti".