COLLEGE DISTRICT OKS PLAN TO DECENTRALIZE.Byline: Sharline Chiang Daily News Staff Writer The Los Angeles Community College District The Los Angeles Community College District (LACCD) is the community college district serving Los Angeles, California and some of its neighboring cities. In addition to typical college aged students, the LACCD also serves adults of all ages. Board of Trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. on Monday approved a districtwide reform plan that would begin decentralizing de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. services by July 1. For smaller campuses like Mission College in Sylmar, the plan could mean further cutbacks, since funding will be tied to student enrollment, rather than the current, multifactor formula. The board voted 5-1 on a seven-point reform plan, despite 3-1/2 hours of fierce opposition. Those fighting the plan were mainly clerical workers and students, as well as some faculty members who came to support Southwest and City Colleges. On Monday, presidents of Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
William Norlund, president of Mission College, did say however, ``we're certainly going to get less than we did this year.'' Norlund said the operating cost per student at Mission - which enrolls about 6,500 students - and at other smaller campuses are typically 20 percent higher than the district average. Board President Elizabeth Garfield, speaking before an emotional audience of about 130 people, called the plan one that would empower empower verb To encourage or provide a person with the means or information to become involved in solving his/her own problems all campuses. ``The changes in this motion are very, very exciting,'' she said. ``We're talking about real shared governance that will truly involve the staff, faculty and administration.'' Board member Althea Baker, who was removed from her presidency at the board's previous meeting, cast the only no vote. Baker said the rest of the board was ``jamming things down people's throats,'' and that it was unfair to smaller colleges in the nine-campus system. Monday's meeting marked the second in a row that drew a standing-room-only crowd and speakers fraught fraught adj. 1. Filled with a specified element or elements; charged: an incident fraught with danger; an evening fraught with high drama. 2. with emotions and criticism. During the meeting, students toted signs protesting decentralization de·cen·tral·ize v. de·cen·tral·ized, de·cen·tral·iz·ing, de·cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To distribute the administrative functions or powers of (a central authority) among several local authorities. . Many speakers complained that the board failed to seek feedback from the public, clerical workers and Academic Senates on each campus. |
|
||||||||||||
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion