Nanette Asimov reports that CCSF has chosen as the next Chancellor a New Yorker with a doctorate in literature and an MA in engineering. He has written scholarly papers, including one about the plays of August Wilson!
Here's what I learned from Wikipedia: His scholarly works focused on African-American and Latino drama and literature, including Wilson and Tennessee Williams. What would the Latino drama be in Tennessee Williams? The Rose Tattoo? (The movie starred a spicy Rita Moreno, who's since talked about being type-cast.)
Rochas publicly spoke out against Proposition 187, which restricted undocumented immigrants from access to California's public education system.
Lots of controversy over him flared up at Pasadena Community College, when he agreed to doing away iwth the winter quarter. The faculty and staff gave him a no confidence vote.
Then the Pasadena Community College District did an evaluation without input from faculty and staff, so faculty and staff did their own, and he got a score of 23-0 with one abstension.
There was some kind of shady deal when he quit in 2014 but was to get paid more than 403,000 for the next years. He had to give back the money.
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