Time’s as short as money for keeping college going

Santa Fe New Mexican Editorial Page 4/29/09

A task force on the College of Santa Fe, convened by Gov. Bill Richardson to try to salvage the troubled institution, has been meeting for a month. The group, of more than 30 members, is composed of public university administrators, elected officials, CSF students and teachers, finance experts from state government and local business people.

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http://www.santafenewmexican.com/Opinion/Time-s-as-short-as-money-for-keeping-college-going

Zane’s World | Santa Fe Reporter

Zane’s World

Derring-Do or Derring-Don’t?

By: Zane Fischer 04/27/2009

The College of Santa Fe is playing lead actress in a drama with a twist: It has become a comedy or, if you prefer, a farce. CSF is a damsel in distress if ever there was one, but she has been now lying on the train tracks of impending doom through the heroic but failed efforts of so many suitors, she herself must be wishing the damned train would just round the bend and finish the job.

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Santa Fe Art Institute: Beyond

John Sena | The New Mexican, 3/1/2009 -
“Our deepest hope, and our first plan, is to stay where we are,” Karp said, referring to the possibility that a state university or college would honor the institute’s lease. “This building was designed for us and for our program.”

If not, Karp said, the institute’s board has discussed buying its current building and the property on which it sits or looking for an alternative space.

In the end, though, Karp said the institute will continue to do what it has always done: empower young people to find their voice, and provide the community with a place to view and create art that stimulates.

“Our mission is what really drives us,” she said. “It’s not our building that drives us.”

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Santa Fe Art Institute: Beyond a building – SantaFeNewMexican.com