Demise of COD Superintendent/President Laura Coming into Focus

PALM DESERT — Seven weeks after former Superintendent/President Laura Hope was placed on administrative leave, the reason — or at least one of them —was hiding in plain sight.

A draft Peer Review Team Report for the recent comprehensive review of College of the Desert was provided to Dr. Laura Hope, Interim Superintendent/President on November 14, 2024. The college was informed at that time that the enclosed report was confidential and not for general distribution as required in ACCJC’s Policy on Public Disclosure and Confidentiality in the Accreditation Process, according to a Jan. 6 letter ACCJC sent to Acting Superintendent/President Val Martinez Garcia. Uken Report obtained a copy of the letter through the California Public Records Act. Read full article here.