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The Central Oregon Community College board of directors announced three finalists for the role of college president. President Laurie Chesley is retiring this summer. The presidential advisory committee conducted a nationwide search and thorough review. All three finalists will visit COCC campuses in January to meet staff, students, faculty, community members and the board. Steve Erickson is the vice president of institutional effectiveness and technology at Minnesota State Community and Technical College. He has served there in several roles, including as an academic dean and director of institutional research. Erickson earned his doctorate in higher education, a Master of Science in electrical engineering and a Bachelor of Science in biomedical engineering. Greg Pereira is the vice president for student affairs at Rio Salado College in Arizona. He also served as interim vice president for academic affairs and dean of academic affairs at Rio Salado. He holds a doctorate in education, a Master of Arts in organizational leadership and a Bachelor of Arts in communication studies. Angela Tos is the vice president of student services at Coalinga College, a rural community college in Central California. She was previously the dean of enrollment services and student development at San Joaquin Delta College and dean of student services at Merced College. She holds a doctorate in organizational leadership, a master’s in school counseling and a bachelor’s degree in English communication. The board anticipates naming the new president in early 2025.Blake’s career receiving day helps Charlotte beat FAU 39-27
Sri Lanka’s book industry has renewed its call for books to be exempt from tax, with four industry bodies submitting a proposal to the new government for inclusion in the next national budget. Urging the government to consider the financial as well as social ramifications of taxing sources of knowledge and learning, these associations representing publishers, writers, retailers, importers and exporters have called for books to be returned to the list of items exempt from tax, as was the case before 1st January 2024. In their proposal, the four associations pointed out that with all inputs for the publishing industry with the exception of local labour being imported, Sri Lanka’s book industry is already taxed at 33.045%, and the imposition of a value-added tax (VAT) of 18% at the point of sale has made books unaffordable to many, and is putting small-scale publishers out of business. Addressing media at a news conference, Sri Lanka Book Publishers Association (SLBPA) President Samantha Indeewara pointed out that representatives of the new government while in the parliamentary opposition had criticised the imposition of VAT on books, and had the government of that time to reverse this. “We are therefore cautiously optimistic that the concerns of the book industry would be addressed in the next budget,” he said. “We have brought to the government’s attention the numerous anomalies affecting the industry that are directly attributable to the imposition of VAT on books,” he said. “This includes the fact that the majority of publishing companies are not eligible to pay VAT, and therefore are unable to deduct the VAT they pay on inputs for locally produced books, or the VAT they pay on the imports,” Indeewara elaborated, disclosing that only about 12 large publishing and printing companies are eligible to pay VAT on their sales and can therefore deduct the VAT they pay on inputs. However, many of the smaller publishers sell their books via the bookshops and distribution networks of the large companies, and the imposition of VAT results in all of their books being taxed, he said. Another matter of serious concern is that by imposing taxes on books, Sri Lanka continues to be in violation of the UNESCO Florence Agreement of 1950, to which the country was an early signatory and continues to be a Contracting State. The UNESCO Florence Agreement is a treaty that binds Contracting States to not impose customs duties and taxes on certain educational, scientific, and cultural materials that are imported.
