...The College's Board of Trustees has become, as a public official put it, 'an embarrassment.'

On February 22, 2000 a review team from James L. Fisher LTD released a comprehensive evaluation of the college. The evaluation contained a stunning condemnation of the Board of Trustees. Given the current operation of the Board, many of these criticisms apply today:
Starting on page 8 of the Fisher review (original emphasis):

"...The College's Board of Trustees has become, as a public official put it, 'an embarrassment.' Board meetings often are featured by public bickering between Board members, 'ad hominem rants by individual Board members,' adversarial letters and motions, inappropriate interference into the daily operational affairs of the campus, surprise introduction of topics for action by some Board members, and single issue politics that ignore the fundamental, long-term needs of the institution. Several Board members, despite having received votes from only about two percent of the citizens of District 502, regard themselves as having what one asserted to be 'a mandate to get involved in the College's affairs.' With this in mind, it was reported by many that they have become intimately involved in the daily operational affairs of the College and in numerous instances have gone well beyond any reasonable definition of the policy-making role they should occupy. This 'embarrassment' was mentioned often both on- and off-campus.'"