Did anyone read the article "A Community College Divided" (Inside Higher Ed, Sept. 8th)? Wow - that is a loaded story with so many issues - Charles Taylor, the president of Thomas Nelson Community College in Hampton, VA just announced that he is taking 9 months of leave. Apparently, he is quite controversial and has been accused of being divisive.
According to the article, he went through the school's interview process but the Faculty Senate "deemed him unacceptable." Despite this, he was hired by the chancellor of the VA community college system. Two years into his presidency, he has been accused of negatively impacting morale amongst faculty and staff, he tried to influence pre-requisites for certain courses, creating a "racially charged" environment. The Faculty Senate held a "no confidence" vote in April 2008. 58 against 18 voted NO Confidence in Taylor.
Now, Pres. Taylor is leaving for 9 months to head up a research project - it should be interesting to see what happens. By the way, Taylor declined to be intereviewed, so the article is very one-sided.
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