Kirkwood Faces Storms Over its Curricula and Leadership
Kirkwood Community College, Iowa, confronts internal strife as faculty and staff react to superintendent Bill Stewart management. Lagging master planning and potential shift from quarters to semesters spark debate, while board turnover and public access issues fuel criticism amid growth. The story compares Stewart with predecessor Ballantyne and notes cost and staffing changes amid budget cuts.
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Kurt Rogahn
Irkwood
Kirkwood
Bill Stewart
Stewart
Des Moines Area Community College
Joseph Borgen
Borgen
DMACC
Kirkwood's Bud Jensen Defends Dedicated Leadership
Bud Jensen of Cedar Rapids serves on Kirkwood's board and has led the nine member panel since 1966. The longtime laborer turned educator emphasizes community college growth while facing critics who call him meddling and paternalistic as he guides the district through changing educational needs.
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Kirkwood
Stewart
Ballantyne
Marion
Stephen Andersen
Richard Foerstner
Iowa City
Tony Kellems
Linn Hall
Cedar Rapids
John Gerber
West Cedar Rapids
James Sauter
Iowa County
Robert Davidson
Cedar County
B.A. “Bud” Jensen
Allen
Gerber
Roy Wingate
Wayne Newton
Benton County
Sharon Kromminga
Jones County
Wingate
Andersen and
Kellems
Anderson
Dunlap
Andersen
Max Tadlock
California
The
Angels
Tadlock
Community College
Iowa
Bud Jensen
Bud” Jensen
Blake Terrace
Jensen
Kirkwood Board of
Southwest Side
Wilson
Monmouth College
Grant Vocational High
Educational Services Center
Second Ave
Bill Stewart
Iowa Senate
Gazette
Judy Daubenmier
Bud
Bill
University of Pennsylvania
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Indian Hills Community College
Ottumwa
Iowa Department of Public Instruction
Hawkeye Tech
Waterloo
Northeast Iowa Technical Institute
Southwestern Community College
Creston
Southwestern
Selby Ballantyne
Robert Bennett
Gogebic Community College
Ironwood, Mich
Norm Nielsen
Belle Plaine
James Billings
Ballard
Huxley
Billings
Morris Allen
Jerry Kadoshius
Kirkwood Community College
B.A. Bud Jensen
Petersen
Petersen's
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