New College Independent Alumni/ae Association

Institutional integrity involves a lot more than financial solvency. In fact, without integrity,
solvency cannot obtain.

The New College board of trustees included some rich people, several lawyers and 

accountants, but also included politically-connected people, as well as people with technical 

and organizational expertise in managing private and public corporations. One was even 

State Chair of the Association of Community College Trustees. Explain that.

Judging by their almost total neglect of their duties over two decades, I think it is fair to say the
trustees of New College viewed this as just another item on their resumes that required no 

responsibility. The problem with that view, other than it ran the school on the rocks, is that it is 

also contrary to state and federal laws, and for good reason. 

I mean, if the alumni cannot place their trust in the trustees of an institution of higher learning to
prevent complete collapse and public disgrace, what’s the point of having trustees? Maybe 

Rodel Rodis can answer that for us.