{"id":112114,"date":"2011-07-28T16:19:47","date_gmt":"2011-07-28T21:19:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=112114"},"modified":"2011-07-29T15:53:46","modified_gmt":"2011-07-29T20:53:46","slug":"tjc-trustees-evaluate-president-extend-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=112114","title":{"rendered":"TJC Trustees Evaluate President, Extend Contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?attachment_id=112115\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-112115\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2011\/07\/thumb_tjc-sign-150x111.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"thumb_tjc-sign\" width=\"150\" height=\"111\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-112115\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nTYLER &#8212; The Tyler Junior College Board of Trustees Thursday announced results of a recent performance appraisal of President Dr. Mike Metke and a related three-year contract extension. The extension takes Dr. Metke\u2019s contract through August 2014.  \u201cWe are pleased with the direction he\u2019s taken Tyler Junior College and we believe the communities we serve are pleased as well,\u201d said TJC Board President Clint Roxburgh. \u201cHe\u2019s managing the college in very tough economic times and during dramatic enrollment growth.  Even so, TJC is still meeting the needs of our students and our local employers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Officials say enrollment has soared to record levels, nearing 12,000 during the 2011 spring semester. According to a TJC news release, under Metke\u2019s leadership, TJC has created new partnerships with businesses and other institutions; opened new locations in Jacksonville, Lindale and Rusk; and created several new career and professional programs.   Metke says those programs will \u201cgrow our own\u201d skilled professionals who he says are needed for current and future job openings in East Texas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TYLER &#8212; The Tyler Junior College Board of Trustees Thursday announced results of a recent performance appraisal of President Dr. Mike Metke and a related three-year contract extension. The extension takes Dr. Metke\u2019s contract through August 2014. \u201cWe are pleased with the direction he\u2019s taken Tyler Junior College and we believe the communities we serve &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=112114\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">TJC Trustees Evaluate President, Extend Contract<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-112114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-27 20:51:32","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=112114"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112114\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":112452,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112114\/revisions\/112452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=112114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=112114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=112114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}