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Desert Sun 7/23 – Palm Springs is an oasis for tourists, but not for the area’s majority low-income students
By providing access to higher education across the valley, primarily in Palm Springs, Cathedral City, Desert Hot Springs and Rancho Mirage, that focus on our local industries, we can provide better-paying jobs, services and taxes to our cities.. Part of the problem is a lack of exposure to higher education. Although Cal State San Bernardino…
Desert Sun Editorial 1/29 – COD leaders’ secrecy and stumbles continue. The public needs to speak up.
Garcia and trustees don’t seem to be listening — or perhaps they’re simply incapable of fixing some of these problems. The terms of two of the board’s five members, Chair Rubén AríAztlán Pérez and Aurora Wilson, are up this year. Voters need to think seriously about whether they deserve to continue.
Desert Sun 12/24 – 2nd Editorial Board Opinion
COD’s credibility and public support are at risk. Its leaders must act now.
COLLEGE OF DESERT TRUSTEE RUBÉN PÉREZ STANDS FIRM BEHIND HIS WORDS
“I completely disagree with the censureship as it is my First Amendment right to speak my thoughts and feel this is a violation of that constitutional right. Furthermore, my constituents elected me to speak truth to power and this censureship would prevent those same constituents who have historically been silenced to continue to be silenced. I know…
Palm Springs Post 6/14 – COD Palm Springs campus inches forward after review of revised plans aimed at addressing public concerns
Some of the biggest changes reflect concerns city residents had raised about traffic at the main entrance off Farrell Drive. A slightly revised final version of the schematic designs for the College of the Desert’s Palm Springs campus was presented to the project management team in Palm Desert Wednesday morning, helping push forward a project…
Palm Springs Post – New leadership brings renewed optimism to College of the Desert West Valley projects
New members of the College of the Desert (COD) administration brought renewed optimism to a community event held here Wednesday evening. In May, Oden was sworn into the role to fill the vacancy left by Fred Jandt, who resigned earlier this year due to health concerns. Another new face joined him: Laura Hope, serving as…