Community colleges throughout the United States are struggling with the effects of COVID-19. Many don’t know whether they’ll re-open their campuses. Others don’t know what…
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The Open Meetings Act (OMA) governs the way public bodies meet and conduct business. Enacted in 1977, the law encourages transparency among state or local…
WCC has a line item in its expense budget called “Executive Management.” This fiscal year, the Executive Management budget started out at $2,140,537. This figure…
By themselves, numbers sometimes don’t tell the whole story. Lately, I’ve been looking at the executive structure for WCC, and wondering why the hell WCC…
From the taxpayers’ perspective, this question is legitimate, and the answer is simple. WCC has so many Vice Presidents because no one on the Board…
Looking at the number of administrators in an institution creates one picture of what’s happening. Comparing the institution’s current state to a previous state is…
Yesterday, I wrote about how executive positions tend to morph over time. It’s one thing to talk about administrative expansion. It’s another thing to see…
WCC has been cutting its budget. These cuts translated into layoffs and position eliminations for certain personnel. In virtually all of the places I’ve worked,…
At the most recent Board Meeting, the Trustees received a presentation on the Police Academy. Presumably, the Administration made the presentation considering the ongoing civil…
As part of its cost-cutting measures, WCC has laid off a number of its employees. The Administration targeted the “Independent Group” for these reductions in…