Betty Young


Betty Young is a college administrator in the United States. She is currently the president of Hocking College. She has served as president of two other community colleges, Northwest State Community College and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College. Her leadership has been controversial at all three institutions and garnered votes of no confidence from faculty at all three institutions.

Education

She was a graduate of Ohio University in Athens where she obtained an associate degree in Math and Science, a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Master of Education Degree, and a Ph.D in Higher Education. In addition, Dr. Young was a graduate of Capital University Law School. She is licensed to practice law in Ohio and West Virginia.

Career

Early career

Young began her career in higher education as a faculty member and department chair at Washington State Community College.

Academic leadership at Franklin University

Young served as an academic administrator at Franklin University beginning in 1999. During her four years at Franklin she served as the Assistant Vice President for Academic Services, Dean of the Ross School of Management and Leadership, Interim Dean of the Graduate School of Business, and Assistant Dean of Curriculum Development. She was the founding Dean of the Ross School of Management and Leadership at Franklin, the largest academic unit of the University. Before her job at Franklin University, Dr. Young was the Department Chair for the Business Division at Washington State Community College in Marietta, Ohio.

Presidency of Northwest State Community College

She was the president of Northwest State Community College in Archbold, OH. She held that office from September 1, 2003, when she became the fifth president, until she stepped down in 2007.
In September 2005, she led the Lessons for Leno National Tour.

Presidency of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College

She was named the president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, North Carolina, beginning September 1, 2007. She resigned from this position in Spring 2009.

Presidency of Houston Community College

She was named President of Houston Community College Coleman College for Health Sciences effective April 1, 2009. Chancellor Cesar Maldonado fired Young in 2014.

Presidency of Hocking College

Young was named president of Hocking College in April 2015 after serving as interim president since October 2014.
In February 2016, Dr. Young received a vote of no confidence from 92.93% of the faculty and professional staff of Hocking College, with 92 members of the staff and faculty responding with "I have no confidence in Dr. Young's leadership". The criticisms laid out in a letter to the Chairman of the Board of Trustees for the school included overcrowded classes, an overuse of adjunct professors, inexperienced instructors, a lack of transparency in her leadership, and a disregard for staff and faculty input leading to a "continuous decline in morale among staff, faculty, students, alumni and the community."