The board of the Virginia Community College System on Wednesday agreed to add a representative from the administration of Governor Glenn Yankin to the search committee for a new chancellor. The move comes after Yonkin board members called for his administration to be included in the search process or resign. Richmond Times-Dispatch Report
Yankin has been pushing for months to be involved in the investigation.
“If for some reason you feel you cannot be committed to this mission, I will accept your resignation by June 30 with gratitude for your service,” Yankin wrote in a letter to the State Board for Community College two weeks ago.
“We are committed to working with the governor and his team to find a new chancellor who will lead Virginia community colleges in the coming years, and we will work to ensure that our programs are affordable to all Virginians,” said Douglas Garcia, chairman of the board and chairman of the committee. Dr.
Democratic state policymakers have accused Yankin of unnecessarily interfering in the community college system and violating the state’s traditional system of governance.
In the meantime, the search process was far from complete. Candidate Ann Holton, interim president of George Mason University and former First Lady of Virginia and secretary of education, has removed her name from consideration, according to Times-Dispatch. Yankin then asked the board to resume the recruitment process, but the board continued its search, and two weeks later the new chancellor was Russell A., president of Henry Ford College in Michigan. Chooses Kavalhuna. However, Kavalhuna finally decided not to take the job last month for unpublished reasons.
Incumbent Chancellor Glenn Dubois is retiring this week.
