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California Community Colleges board sets date to hire new chancellor

The next chancellor of California’s community college system will be appointed during a board of governors meeting on Feb. 23, according to an agenda item for the meeting.

A proposed employment agreement between the next chancellor and the board will be presented at the meeting, and the board will be asked to approve it. That contract won’t be publicly available until the day of the meeting, according to the item.

The top position for the system of 116 colleges opened when the former chancellor, Eloy Ortiz Oakley, departed last year to head the College Futures Foundation, a nonprofit dedicated to helping students earn college degrees.

The college system launched a national search last July for the next chancellor and a search committee considered applications from “well-qualified higher education executives” from California and across the country, according to the agenda. The board reviewed four finalist candidates on Jan. 26 and 27. Officials have declined to identify the finalists or the selected candidate.