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Many may ask, why, Ryan Mulvey, are you running for a Trusteeship on the San Diego Community
College Board of Trustees? What can you do, what will you do, that Bill Schwandt isn't already doing? My
answer is simply this: I am going to bring a new vision and a program of change to the Board that isn't
there now and has not been for years. I'm going to be an advocate for the pressing needs and deeply felt
concerns of students, parents, and employers in the private sector. I'll go to the Board as the advocate of
the taxpayer and common citizen, prepared to fight an institution populated by members of the
professional education complex and activists of the unions which place the benefit of faculty and
employees above that of students.
College Board of Trustees? What can you do, what will you do, that Bill Schwandt isn't already doing? My
answer is simply this: I am going to bring a new vision and a program of change to the Board that isn't
there now and has not been for years. I'm going to be an advocate for the pressing needs and deeply felt
concerns of students, parents, and employers in the private sector. I'll go to the Board as the advocate of
the taxpayer and common citizen, prepared to fight an institution populated by members of the
professional education complex and activists of the unions which place the benefit of faculty and
employees above that of students.
| A New Vision for Education for San Diego's Community Colleges |
My "New Vision for Education" for our local community colleges is based on
three promises that I am making to the voters of District B. If elected, I
will make it my priority to:
1) Bring a fresh perspective to the Board, advocating on behalf
of students, parents, and employers, rather than unions.
2) Ensure a competitive and holistic curriculum prepares our
students for transfer to a 4-year institution or for entry to the
workforce.
3) Guarantee that precious taxpayer-dollars are spent on
students and their educational needs before they go towards
unions and the professional educators' "establishment."
three promises that I am making to the voters of District B. If elected, I
will make it my priority to:
1) Bring a fresh perspective to the Board, advocating on behalf
of students, parents, and employers, rather than unions.
2) Ensure a competitive and holistic curriculum prepares our
students for transfer to a 4-year institution or for entry to the
workforce.
3) Guarantee that precious taxpayer-dollars are spent on
students and their educational needs before they go towards
unions and the professional educators' "establishment."
2) Ensure a competitive and holistic curriculum prepares our students for
transfer to a 4-year institution or for entry to the workforce.
Our community colleges were designed with two objectives in
mind: a) to prepare students for transfer to a baccalaureate
program at 4-year institution and b) to prepare students for entry
into the workforce after vocational training.
In other words, students go to junior college to get their general
education completed, or to improve their desirability in the
potential employee pool.
As a Trustee, I will strive to ensure we meet these objectives,
providing a rigorous program of study, based in the great
intellectual tradition of the West, that will prepare students for
competitive university-level studies. Likewise, I will work to
improve our vocational training and continuing education to make
our students the most desirable to employers in the private sector.
transfer to a 4-year institution or for entry to the workforce.
Our community colleges were designed with two objectives in
mind: a) to prepare students for transfer to a baccalaureate
program at 4-year institution and b) to prepare students for entry
into the workforce after vocational training.
In other words, students go to junior college to get their general
education completed, or to improve their desirability in the
potential employee pool.
As a Trustee, I will strive to ensure we meet these objectives,
providing a rigorous program of study, based in the great
intellectual tradition of the West, that will prepare students for
competitive university-level studies. Likewise, I will work to
improve our vocational training and continuing education to make
our students the most desirable to employers in the private sector.
3) Guarantee that precious taxpayer-dollars are spent on students and their
educational needs before they go towards unions and the professional
educators' "establishment."
The needs of modern students have certainly changed since Bill
Schwandt, the incumbent, attended college in the early 1950's! How
can our current Board understand the needs of today's students? I
will fight for further integration of technology in the classroom
("smart" classrooms, more on-line classes and distance education),
the integration of traditional libraries with new technologies, the
formation of new curricular programs which reflect new fields and
job markets. I will also keep in mind commuter concerns (improved
parking lots and structures).
In my conversations with neighbors, community college students,
faculty, and members of the business community, I understand what
students are going to need to succeed in the real world. As a
taxpayer, I want to make sure my dollars, as well as those of my
fellow citizens, are being spent on not just union benefits and pay
raises, but also on improved student services and common-sense
infrastructure development. In the past five years, employee
benefits have risen $7 million. Has the spending on students been
matched? I highly doubt so...
educational needs before they go towards unions and the professional
educators' "establishment."
The needs of modern students have certainly changed since Bill
Schwandt, the incumbent, attended college in the early 1950's! How
can our current Board understand the needs of today's students? I
will fight for further integration of technology in the classroom
("smart" classrooms, more on-line classes and distance education),
the integration of traditional libraries with new technologies, the
formation of new curricular programs which reflect new fields and
job markets. I will also keep in mind commuter concerns (improved
parking lots and structures).
In my conversations with neighbors, community college students,
faculty, and members of the business community, I understand what
students are going to need to succeed in the real world. As a
taxpayer, I want to make sure my dollars, as well as those of my
fellow citizens, are being spent on not just union benefits and pay
raises, but also on improved student services and common-sense
infrastructure development. In the past five years, employee
benefits have risen $7 million. Has the spending on students been
matched? I highly doubt so...
1) Bring a fresh perspective to the Board, advocating on behalf of students,
parents, and employers, rather than unions.
The Board of Trustees is meant to be a team of laymen, common citizens,
who set a guiding policy and educational mission for the District. It
would only make sense that, seeing as we live in a diverse society, diverse
elements should naturally be found on our school board. This is not the
case.
Currently, all the Trustees are either members of the "professional
educational establishment" or political activists from labor unions. While
the interests of professors and union members certainly need to be
represented, at the end of the day, the lack of any advocate for students,
parents, or employers is limiting the vision of the Board...and its ability
to make decisions in an unbiased manner.
Is the Board's composition currently "fair and balanced"? I do not
believe so. There is no one on the Board who is watching the taxpayer's
back. There is no accountability. We have professors and union activists
keeping tabs on professors and union members! I will be the advocate of
the taxpayer and of change, instilling a much needed dose of vitality and
fresh perspective, an injection of life, continuing a great thing going in
our community colleges.
parents, and employers, rather than unions.
The Board of Trustees is meant to be a team of laymen, common citizens,
who set a guiding policy and educational mission for the District. It
would only make sense that, seeing as we live in a diverse society, diverse
elements should naturally be found on our school board. This is not the
case.
Currently, all the Trustees are either members of the "professional
educational establishment" or political activists from labor unions. While
the interests of professors and union members certainly need to be
represented, at the end of the day, the lack of any advocate for students,
parents, or employers is limiting the vision of the Board...and its ability
to make decisions in an unbiased manner.
Is the Board's composition currently "fair and balanced"? I do not
believe so. There is no one on the Board who is watching the taxpayer's
back. There is no accountability. We have professors and union activists
keeping tabs on professors and union members! I will be the advocate of
the taxpayer and of change, instilling a much needed dose of vitality and
fresh perspective, an injection of life, continuing a great thing going in
our community colleges.
Vote Ryan Mulvey for San Diego Community College, District B!