Governor’s Cabinet Director Appointed To Higher Education Post

Governor Bob Holden’s Cabinet Director is taking a leave of absence. Quentin Wilson has been appointed by the Coordinating Board for Higher Education as its Acting Commissioner of Higher Education. It’s a six-week appointment that will see Wilson dealing with the state system of higher education, which includes 13 public four-year college and university campuses, 19 public two-year campuses, 1 public two-year technical college, 25 independent colleges and universities, and 120 proprietary schools serving more than 360,000 students.