Current President Destroys College Reputation - Academic Dean Collin College Employee Review

1.0
Sep 1, 2021
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Pros

Under the current President there are no pros. It use to be a satisfying work environment where hard work received recognition. Dr. Cary Israel put Collin College in the national spot lot and practiced shared governance whenever possible.

Cons

Finally had enough and resigned last year. Current President Dr. Matkin is an egotistical and arrogant person. Could care less about faculty and staff. He makes fun of people in front of an entire room and thinks it is funny. He spends more time at car dealerships than his office. He has made such a top-heavy organization with too many VP titles without hiring essential workers actually teaching students. This college is headed towards baccalaureate programs and head to 20 years backward steps with more vocational programs then academic programs. He destroyed the reputation of San Jacinto community college and is doing the same thing at Collin. Did not take Covid seriously, as a result many people have died. Any faculty expressing free speech and academic freedom. Matkin tries to say faculty not fires their contracts were just not renewed, but is unable to say why because each faculty had an impeccable evaluation every year previously. On a sidenote, you can hardly understand what he is saying when he is speaking, and whenever he is speaking is lying.

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