SBCC PIOBy the Santa Barbara City College
The Santa Barbara Community College District Board of Trustees has extended the Superintendent/President search process and has reopened applications for the position until April 16, 2023.
The parameters of continuing this Superintendent/President search process include:
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Maintaining the same screening committee.
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Current finalists may remain in the search for consideration.
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Additional candidates may apply by April 16.
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Public forums for additional final candidates will be held prior to the end of the Spring 2023 term.
For details and to find the updated timeline for the Superintendent/President search, visit sbcc.edu/president-search.
About SBCC
Established in 1909, Santa Barbara City College (SBCC) is one of the oldest community colleges in California. The district consists of SBCC’s main campus on Santa Barbara’s beachfront coast, two separate campuses for its School of Extended Learning programs, as well as a Cosmetology school. The college offers a range of associate degree, certificate and transfer programs and is recognized by the Department of Education as an official Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI).
Please hire someone local that will stay with the community, understand the community and work for the community for more than a few years before retiring or moving on to another position. Hiring outside promotion seekers is not working.
I can understand the desire/importance to hire someone who will stay at the job and not use it as a stepping stone or is a short-timer to retirement– and SBCC has the perfect candidate/finalist already in Erika Endrijonas who was a dean at SBCC in the past and is currently president of Pasadena CC. Erika did a great job as a dean here, has friends in the community, is bright courageous, innovative, and likable. With her considerable history in Santa Barbara, I would not consider Erika an “outsider.” SBCC will lose an opportunity to hire an exceptional person/leader if let Erika slip through this process.