The Kept-Up Academic Librarian: California's Community College Chancellor Asks Santa Monica College To Hold Off On Tiered-Tuition Plan

April 09, 2012

California's Community College Chancellor Asks Santa Monica College To Hold Off On Tiered-Tuition Plan

The head of California's community college system on Wednesday asked Santa Monica College to put on hold a controversial plan to offer higher-priced courses this summer while the legality of the program is determined. Chancellor Jack Scott said he made the request in a call to college President Chui L. Tsang during which he also expressed concern about a student protest in which several people suffered minor injuries when a campus police officer discharged pepper spray at a Board of Trustees meeting Tuesday evening. "No one likes to see something like this happen, and I expressed that it might be wise to put this matter on hold," Scott said in an interview. Read more at:
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-0405-pepper-spray-20120405,0,6834089.story

Apr 9, 2012 1:37:00 AM | C&U News, Community Colleges

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