MORE ON: Los Angeles Community College District

Daily Report: Higher Ed

College district hires inspector general to review construction

October 8, 2010, 12:28 AM
The Los Angeles Community College District has hired an outside firm to set up an Office of Inspector General and a whistle-blower program to review "financial integrity and legal compliance" of the district's $6 billion construction program and to receive any information about "... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

College district's new bank card provider has history of fee complaints

September 24, 2010, 12:20 AM
Los Angeles Community College District students who use their new ID cards to access their financial aid money might want to read the fine print. Thanks to an agreement signed in February between the college district and Connecticut-based Higher One Inc., students at all nine colleges in the... + read more
Spotlight: Higher Ed

Contractor with big donations, questioned performance wins community college projects

July 31, 2010, 3:05 PM
The Los Angeles Community College District has awarded a series of multimillion-dollar contracts to a Tarzana-based firm that district officials said needed to be babysat to meet construction standards and was doing an “absolutely awful job.” + read more
Spotlight: Higher Ed

GRAPHIC: Timeline for construction contracts and Sinanian Development

July 31, 2010, 3:05 PM
Sinanian Development has received seven major construction contracts from the Los Angeles Community College District, although some of criticized the firm's performance + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

LA college district tries to use UC Hastings ruling in its free-speech case

July 30, 2010, 12:05 AM
When the U.S. Supreme Court endorsed a UC Hastings College of the Law decision to bar a Christian student group from receiving university funds last month, some free-speech advocates winced, saying the court's opinion would be used by colleges and universities to squelch offensive or unpopular... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Faulty financial deal leaves college's solar energy plan in the dark

May 25, 2010, 12:11 AM
A bungled financial plan has kept the Los Angeles Community College District from activating a newly constructed $25 million solar panel installation and has left the district scrambling to figure out how to pay for the project. District officials thought they could swing a deal in which a... + read more
Daily Report: Higher Ed

Departure of LA community college chief still a mystery

May 20, 2010, 12:07 AM
Last summer, the Los Angeles Community College District paid former Chancellor Marshall Drummond nearly half a million dollars to step down – even though he still had two years on his contract. Nine months later, the public still doesn't know the reason for Drummond's... + read more
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