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NIC trustees examine governance problems

by KAYE THORNBRUGH
Hagadone News Network | April 14, 2024 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho College trustees examined how behavior at public meetings has contributed to the governance problems at the center the show-cause sanction issued by its accreditor.

The board convened Friday for a special meeting in the Driftwood Bay room of the Student Union Building, on NIC’s main campus. All five trustees attended, as well as NIC President Nick Swayne, Accreditation Liaison Officer Steve Kurtz and Debbie DiThomas, a consultant with the Association of Community College Trustees.

There are only four board meetings before NIC must submit another report to its accreditor, the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. In March, the commission noted that NIC lacks a “functioning governing board responsible for the quality and integrity of the institution.”

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