Rogers taught at
Oakwood Seminary in
Union Springs, New York until 1911 when he joined Piedmont College . There he taught and served as Dean until 1934 when he became President of
North Georgia College in
Dahlonega. Rogers assumed the presidency at NGC shortly after it was reduced to a junior college in 1933. During his presidency,
enrollment at North Georgia rose from 160 to 702, thus making it the largest junior college in Georgia at the time. In January 1949 he was selected as the President of UGA. Rogers' tenure at UGA was very brief due to a power struggle with some members of the
Georgia Board of Regents over whether the College of Agriculture should remain a part of the university or become its own institution. UGA kept the school; however, the clash cost Rogers his job. After leaving the university in 1950, Rogers directed Tallulah Falls School (1951–1953) and worked at
Reinhardt College as a math professor and counselor from 1957 to 1962. On October 24, 1967, Rogers died in
Gainesville, Georgia and was buried in
Demorest, Georgia. ==References==