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Wednesday, May 6, 2015 | Volume 122 - Issue 8 | Woodland Hills, California | One copy free, each additional copy $1

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Chancellor withdraws

President

Kathleen Burke, Pierce College president, was offered the position of vice chancellor of Educational Programs and Institutional Effectiveness last week by Los Angeles Community College District Chancellor Francisco Rodriguez, but Rodriguez withdrew the offer Tuesday.

Burke had not yet accepted that position and declined to comment on whether or not she had planned to accept. Instead, she sent out an email to faculty members requesting privacy.

“I’m really talked out about it,” Burke said. “It was all in my email to the college last night.”

According to the district website, the position oversees the district-wide accreditation process in addition to accounting for campus attendance, conducting institutional research for the district’s colleges and coordinating student success programs.

The job of selecting a replacement for Kimble falls on Rodriguez, who said he had looked at “a pool” of possible candidates for the position before he offered his recommendation to Burke.

“The vice chancellor for educational programs and institutional effectiveness is currently occupied by an interim vice chancellor, Bobbi Kimble,” Rodriguez said. “We went out and conducted a search for the permanent vice chancellor for that position.”

According to Kimble, she will vacate the position because of a state educational code rule which says the role can’t be held on an interim basis for more than two years.

“I’m in a limited position. It was always an interim position, and I serve at the pleasure of the board and the chancellor,” she said. “So I stay or not at their pleasure.”

In her time as vice chancellor, Kimble has worked closely with the board to supervise the accreditation process for all nine LACCD campuses. That task ultimately determines the validity of a degree from a college based on the performance of its faculty and students in meeting standards set by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges.

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