DISTRICT ASKS END TO PIERCE SQUABBLE.Byline: Sherry sherry [from Jérez], naturally dry fortified wine, pale amber to brown in tint. The term sherry originally referred to wines made from grapes grown in the region of Jérez de la Frontera, Andalusia, Spain; today it may refer to any of the Joe Crosby Staff Writer The chancellor of 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. called Wednesday for greater autonomy for the system's nine schools and an end to the controversy over the troubled Pierce College In 2006 the Library won a national Excellence award. Academics Pierce College offers associate's degrees, mainly in the arts and sciences. There are also certificate programs in early childhood education, social services, dental hygienist, and others. farm. Chancellor Mark Drummond said one of his biggest challenges is 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. the system, which has nine colleges and serves more than 102,000 students. ``My objective is to give the presidents (of each campus) more authority and autonomy,'' said Drummond, during a meeting with Daily News editors and reporters. Drummond was appointed in May to oversee the world's largest community college system. Already, campus presidents enjoy greater flexibility and authority over their budgets and curriculum, he said. Eventually, each college will be able to tailor-fit programs to suit its students' needs and perform some administrative tasks now completed in the district's downtown offices, he said. Drummond also said he wants to resolve the dispute over a controversial proposal to turn Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
``We can't wait around forever on this land,'' said Drummond who outlined several possibilities for the site, including preserving it as open space and using part of it to teach technologically advanced agriculture courses such as aquaculture aquaculture, the raising and harvesting of fresh- and saltwater plants and animals. The most economically important form of aquaculture is fish farming, an industry that accounts for an ever increasing share of world fisheries production. , the controlled raising of animals and plants that live in water. ``There is a range of possibilities for that land. It could be set aside in a land conservancy, it could be a nice place for golf or other forms of recreation,'' Drummond said. Pierce College President Rocky Young said the campus is struggling to determine the best use for the land. To help decide, the college is crafting a master plan for the entire campus and Young is forming an advisory committee of agricultural experts to work with the college to find out the best agricultural use of the 200-acre farm. ``That will be my first thrust,'' said Young who hopes to form the advisory committee in six weeks. ``We need to have a pretty clear sense of where the agricultural part is going before we can decide what to do with the land.'' |
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