PALM DESERT — With Joel Kinnamon leading College of the Desert student full-time enrollment increased by 50%, ranking College of the Desert as high as No. 1 out of the 116 California community colleges in the state earning the characterization “one of the fastest growing colleges in the State.”  The college also celebrated record-breaking graduation rates for the sixth year in a row while transfers to the UC and CSU systems have continued to grow exponentially.

Since his retirement in March 2021, the College has been in a constant state of turmoil. Uken Report (UR) reached out to Kinnamon to see if he could provide any insight. Read full article here