The Illinois Senate’s Higher Education Committee recently created a fact-finding subcommittee in response to questionable executive severance deals at state universities and community colleges in the state.
The Elmhurst League of Women Voters will host a candidate forum at 1 p.m. Sunday at Elmhurst City Hall.
As a retired certified public accountant and candidate for the College of DuPage Board of Trustees, Charles Bernstein has many questions surrounding the situation involving the college’s radio station and former engineer John Valenta.
A former College of DuPage (COD) employee has been arrested and charged with felony theft over allegations that he stole more than $200,000 from campus radio station WDCB-FM 90.9.
State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) filed an amendment on Tuesday to a House resolution that would deepen the Illinois auditor general's investigation into the financial activity of the College of DuPage.
Only one member of the Board of Trustees at the College of Dupage voted against the $760,000 early retirement package for the college’s controversial President Robert Breuder. Over 300 lawmakers and taxpayers attended the quarrelsome meeting.
A bipartisan group of Illinois state representatives sent a letter on Thursday to College of DuPage Board Chairwoman Erin Birt on Thursday seeking an audit of the College of DuPage.
College of DuPage Vice-Chairman Kathy Hamilton and the “Clean Slate” reform college trustee candidates aligned at a Tuesday morning press conference in declaring their support for a state audit of the college. Fourteen members of the Illinois General Assembly wrote to the college last week calling on it to agree to the costs and terms of cooperation of the State Auditor General.
Following word from school officials that a deadline to agree to a state-run audit would not be met and a threat from Illinois lawmakers to slash funding, the College of DuPage has hired the PR firm Res Publica Group. The audit comes as a result of continuing questions about financial oversight at the College of DuPage, which is supported by property taxes, state appropriations and tuition,, that saw the board approve a nearly $763,000 severance package for school President Robert Breuder.
Illinois State Reps. Jeanne Ives (R) and Jack Franks (D) responded to the recent failure by the College of DuPage (COD) board of trustees to meet a deadline for a state-run audit.
A bank run by College of DuPage trustee hopeful Matt Gambs was once reprimanded by federal regulators, accused of engaging in "unsafe or unsound business practices" in a 2010 Order to cease and desist issued by the Office of Thrift Supervision.
College board and state attorney looking into alleged inflation of enrollment numbers and illegal spending
“I am running because I am appalled by COD’s recent illegalities, irregularities and evasions. Taxpayers and students deserve much better.”
Election comes after publicly funded school blasted for lavish spending by administrators.
Matt Gambs of Naperville, an executive for one of Chicago's largest banks and the former CEO of Diamond Bank, is one of 12 candidates running for a position on the College of DuPage (COD) Board of Trustees.