{"id":16405,"date":"2019-07-24T22:06:04","date_gmt":"2019-07-25T02:06:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mdcthereporter.com\/?p=16405"},"modified":"2021-01-13T15:26:43","modified_gmt":"2021-01-13T20:26:43","slug":"decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/","title":{"rendered":"Decision To Reboot Presidential Search Angers Community: \u2018The Heart and Soul of The College Is Being Ripped Apart Today\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Corbin Bolies and Heidi Perez-Moreno<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised.<\/span><\/p>\n

For seven months, Democracy\u2019s College searched. They spent more than 1,000 hours, had more than 500 inquiries, 49 applicants and four finalists<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

After an intimate two-day open forum with the community followed by a third day of final interviews with the District Board of Trustees<\/span><\/a> the fifth president of MDC was expected to be delivered by 3:45 p.m. on Wednesday.<\/span><\/p>\n

But what they got, in the end, were more questions.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Instead of picking a president, the seven-member board voted to reboot their search<\/span>. Chair Bernie Navarro, the lone dissenting vote, called it <\/span>a \u201cslap in the face\u201d to the search committee and a \u201cwaste of taxpayer dollars.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

So, what now?<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Leonore
Patiently Waiting: Leonore Rodicio is interviewed by the Board of Trustees on Wednesday. HEIDI PEREZ-MORENO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The board will meet again within two weeks to reconsider the qualifications that will be required for the position, search for a stronger pool and decide if an interim president is needed. <\/span>Lenore Rodicio the Executive Vice President and Provost of MDC will be the lone carryover from the previous search and remain a finalist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI am, of course, disappointed. This has been an arduous process for myself and my family,\u201d Rodicio said in a statement. \u201cAt this point, I am left with no choice but to await the Board’s final decision and pray that whatever decision that is, it’s in the best interest of our students.\u201d<\/p>\n

Board members Michael Bileca and Marcell Felipe led the charge to scrap the current search, arguing that the pool of finalists wasn\u2019t strong enough and that the board was too new to make one of the College’s most important decisions ever.<\/span><\/p>\n

Five of the seven board members were appointed within the last four months, including Nicole Washington who was appointed two weeks ago.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe need some time to get used to the institution, the mission, the values\u2014[to] understand where we\u2019re going before we make a decision of this magnitude,\u201d Felipe said in an interview with <\/span>The Reporter. <\/span><\/i>\u201cFrom this point on, we have to figure out what we\u2019re going to do. I think it\u2019s the right move because this is a decision that\u2019s going to impact, not just Miami Dade College, but all of South Florida for hopefully the next generation.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The crowd, led by a contingent of current and former professors at the College, retaliated with a volley of boos and chanted \u201cShame! Shame! Shame!\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Mark
Rebuke: Mark Richard, United Faculty of Miami Dade College attorney and former professor, interrupted Miami Dade College’s Board of Trustees presidential search deliberations, arguing that they should not begin a new search process. HEIDI PEREZ-MORENO\/THE REPORTER<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mark Richard, United Faculty of Miami Dade College\u2019s attorney, shook his head from his front-row seat before requesting to speak.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span><\/i>The heart and soul of the College is being ripped apart today,\u201d said Richard, calling the board\u2019s decision the saddest day of his 40 years at MDC.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Roberto Martinez, a former Board of Trustees Chairman and presidential search committee member, also wasn\u2019t pleased.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c[It\u2019s] a travesty. That\u2019s playing around with a very serious institution that serves our students and our communities, and is very irresponsible,\u201d Martinez said. \u201cOne would suspect it smells like there\u2019s a political fix. Whether it\u2019s true or not, that\u2019s the impression and the impression undermines the integrity of the process.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The College\u2019s disconnect with the Board began in March when Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Felipe, Bileca, Anay Abraham and Carlos Migoya to the Board.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In their initial meeting in April, the trustees attempted to drop the minimum education requirements for candidates.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe odds are, it\u2019s going to be an academic, the odds are it\u2019s going to be a doctorate,\u201d Bileca said at the time. \u201cBut if there is a CEO of General Electric, of Tesla, that has this dream of [wanting] to move their career to this opportunity of education and change the world, we\u2019re restricting them.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The proposals were widely panned by the community. In April, UFMDC sent the Board a letter rebuking the proposed changes.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt is incredible to imagine that midway through the selection process there would be an attempt to change the selection criteria and protocol,\u201d Richard wrote. \u201cWe cannot devalue all of the college degrees we have conferred upon the graduates of Miami Dade College.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The motion died after a 4-3 vote, with members eventually adhering to the original selection process.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Tensions continued three months later. On July 9, nearly two weeks before Wednesday\u2019s vote, Governor DeSantis appointed educational consultant Nicole Washington to the Board, replacing Vice Chair Jose K. Fuentes.<\/span><\/p>\n

Fuentes said that when he reached out to the Governor\u2019s office to extend his term through the process, he was declined. He questioned the timing of the decision and hopes it wasn\u2019t a political move.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201c<\/span>I hope that that\u2019s not the case, and it was obviously a decision the governor made to select his own candidate for the Board of Trustees,\u201d Fuentes said. \u201cI\u2019ve been in processes like this for a long time, so it comes as a shock to me that they would kind of hold this process as a lot of work has gone into it, both personal and professional time. This process was selected because it was the best for the College and its students.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Abraham disagrees. She believes it\u2019s an opportunity for the process to play out fairly.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re a new Board of Trustees, so let\u2019s listen to what we all have to say,\u201d Abraham said in a phone interview with <\/span>The Reporter. <\/span><\/i>\u201cNow, we will be able to discuss the items we should have discussed before. Once that\u2019s done, I feel certain we will all agree.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Felipe defiantly denied any backdoor politicking played into the decision.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou\u2019ve made some innuendos, right here, right now, that are inappropriate based exclusively on what you\u2019ve heard, with or without evidence, as you said, \u201d Felipe retorted at the end of deliberations on Wednesday. \u201cThat goes both ways. I\u2019ve heard, with or without evidence, that at the end of this process there was going to be one candidate that we could vote on that would be qualified. I don\u2019t agree…I know the gentleman that carried out this process and that is why I don\u2019t raise allegations, with or without evidence. I only raise them when there is evidence. So I think if we are going to have a good relationship, we have to base any allegations\u00a0 and accusations on evidence, and have a frank dialogue because I think everyone here has acted with the utmost good faith for the benefit of this college.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

S<\/span>taff Writer Alina Halley contributed to this story. <\/span><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

By Corbin Bolies and Heidi Perez-Moreno   The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised. For seven months, Democracy\u2019s College searched. They spent more than 1,000 hours, had more than 500 inquiries, 49 applicants and four finalists. After an intimate two-day open forum with the community followed by a third day […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":123,"featured_media":16410,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","tdm_status":"","tdm_grid_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,1473,2753],"tags":[1058,1059,1060],"class_list":{"0":"post-16405","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"category-presidential-search","9":"category-wolfson-campus","10":"tag-board-of-trustees","11":"tag-bot","12":"tag-presidential-search"},"yoast_head":"\nPresidential Search Rebooted, Decision Angers Community<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised, but what they got was a reboot to the presidential search.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Presidential Search Rebooted, Decision Angers Community\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised, but what they got was a reboot to the presidential search.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2019-07-25T02:06:04+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-01-13T20:26:43+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"667\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"The Reporter Staff\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"The Reporter Staff\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"The Reporter Staff\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c16c336b25cc8404725bfc732aa83bdf\"},\"headline\":\"Decision To Reboot Presidential Search Angers Community: \u2018The Heart and Soul of The College Is Being Ripped Apart Today\u2019\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-25T02:06:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-13T20:26:43+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":1184,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Board of Trustees\",\"BOT\",\"Presidential Search\"],\"articleSection\":[\"News\",\"Presidential Search\",\"Wolfson Campus\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/\",\"name\":\"Presidential Search Rebooted, Decision Angers Community\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2019-07-25T02:06:04+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-01-13T20:26:43+00:00\",\"description\":\"The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised, but what they got was a reboot to the presidential search.\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2019\\\/07\\\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":667,\"caption\":\"Reboot: The Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees decided on Wednesday to restart their presidential search. VANESSA GIMENEZ\\\/THE REPORTER\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Decision To Reboot Presidential Search Angers Community: \u2018The Heart and Soul of The College Is Being Ripped Apart Today\u2019\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"MDC The Reporter\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/08\\\/R_reporter_logo.png\",\"width\":315,\"height\":309,\"caption\":\"MDC The Reporter\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/c16c336b25cc8404725bfc732aa83bdf\",\"name\":\"The Reporter Staff\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4f993b01b1087a352f859e17f823551802ccfcc387f1f534c2f6c6bf1f158c29?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4f993b01b1087a352f859e17f823551802ccfcc387f1f534c2f6c6bf1f158c29?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/4f993b01b1087a352f859e17f823551802ccfcc387f1f534c2f6c6bf1f158c29?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g\",\"caption\":\"The Reporter Staff\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/mdcthereporter.com\\\/staging\\\/8357\\\/author\\\/the-reporter\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Presidential Search Rebooted, Decision Angers Community","description":"The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised, but what they got was a reboot to the presidential search.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Presidential Search Rebooted, Decision Angers Community","og_description":"The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised, but what they got was a reboot to the presidential search.","og_url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/","og_site_name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","article_published_time":"2019-07-25T02:06:04+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-01-13T20:26:43+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1000,"height":667,"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"The Reporter Staff","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"The Reporter Staff","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/"},"author":{"name":"The Reporter Staff","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c16c336b25cc8404725bfc732aa83bdf"},"headline":"Decision To Reboot Presidential Search Angers Community: \u2018The Heart and Soul of The College Is Being Ripped Apart Today\u2019","datePublished":"2019-07-25T02:06:04+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-13T20:26:43+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/"},"wordCount":1184,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg","keywords":["Board of Trustees","BOT","Presidential Search"],"articleSection":["News","Presidential Search","Wolfson Campus"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/","name":"Presidential Search Rebooted, Decision Angers Community","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg","datePublished":"2019-07-25T02:06:04+00:00","dateModified":"2021-01-13T20:26:43+00:00","description":"The Miami Dade College community waited for the president they were promised, but what they got was a reboot to the presidential search.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/MDC-BOT-2_web.jpg","width":1000,"height":667,"caption":"Reboot: The Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees decided on Wednesday to restart their presidential search. VANESSA GIMENEZ\/THE REPORTER"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/decision-to-reboot-presidential-search-angers-community-the-heart-and-soul-of-the-college-has-been-ripped-apart-today\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Decision To Reboot Presidential Search Angers Community: \u2018The Heart and Soul of The College Is Being Ripped Apart Today\u2019"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","name":"The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#organization","name":"MDC The Reporter","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/R_reporter_logo.png","width":315,"height":309,"caption":"MDC The Reporter"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/#\/schema\/person\/c16c336b25cc8404725bfc732aa83bdf","name":"The Reporter Staff","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f993b01b1087a352f859e17f823551802ccfcc387f1f534c2f6c6bf1f158c29?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f993b01b1087a352f859e17f823551802ccfcc387f1f534c2f6c6bf1f158c29?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/4f993b01b1087a352f859e17f823551802ccfcc387f1f534c2f6c6bf1f158c29?s=96&d=wp_user_avatar&r=g","caption":"The Reporter Staff"},"url":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/author\/the-reporter\/"}]}},"cc_featured_image_caption":{"caption_text":"Reboot: The Miami Dade College District Board of Trustees decided on Wednesday to restart their presidential search. VANESSA GIMENEZ\/THE REPORTER","source_text":"","source_url":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16405","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/123"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16405"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16405\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16405"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16405"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16405"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}