Monday, August 20, 2007
Bogus Charade
In Adjunct Faculty Council member Alison Burek's August 17 report of her meeting with acting New College president Luis Molina, she noted that except for one newly-appointed trustee, the entire New College board of trustees presently consists of the very same individuals -- who through breach of fiduciary responsibility under the law -- brought on the current accreditation and funding crisis.
To make matters worse, the Presidential Search Committee appointed by the board comprises three of the trustees involved in covering up the fraud and other legal violations exposed in May by whistleblowers employed at the school. Also on this committee are one of the deans found complicit by the WASC Special Investigation Team in perpetrating fraudulent courses. One of the staff on this blue ribbon committee has been involved in covering up numerous frauds at the school over a twenty year period. Another recently tried to intimidate an alumna in the school cafe.
To say we are unimpressed by the caliber of those chosen for this all-important task -- let alone by the anti-democratic process they've engaged in -- is an understatement. The fact the trustees expect us to buy into this bogus charade, let alone believe WASC will fall for it, is an insult to our intelligence.
To make matters worse, the Presidential Search Committee appointed by the board comprises three of the trustees involved in covering up the fraud and other legal violations exposed in May by whistleblowers employed at the school. Also on this committee are one of the deans found complicit by the WASC Special Investigation Team in perpetrating fraudulent courses. One of the staff on this blue ribbon committee has been involved in covering up numerous frauds at the school over a twenty year period. Another recently tried to intimidate an alumna in the school cafe.
To say we are unimpressed by the caliber of those chosen for this all-important task -- let alone by the anti-democratic process they've engaged in -- is an understatement. The fact the trustees expect us to buy into this bogus charade, let alone believe WASC will fall for it, is an insult to our intelligence.
