Betty Young
President of American college
Betty Young is an American college administrator who has served as the president of Hocking College, a community college in Nelsonville, Ohio, since 2015. Young has served as president of two other community colleges, Northwest State Community College and Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College.
Education
Young graduated from Ohio University in Athens with an associate degree in math and science, a bachelor's degree in business administration, a master's degree in education, and a doctorate in higher education. A graduate of Capital University Law School in Columbus, Young is licensed to practice law in Ohio and West Virginia.
Career
Washington State Community College
Young began her career in higher education as a faculty member and department chair at Washington State Community College.
Franklin University
Young served as an academic administrator at Franklin University beginning in 1999.
Northwest State Community College
Young was president of Northwest State Community College in Archbold, Ohio from 2003 until 2007.
In September 2005, Young responded to a joke by late-night talk show host Jay Leno calling a sex industry education seminar "less embarrassing than going to a junior college" by staging a publicity tour called "The Lessons for Leno National Tour." Young made a trip from Ohio to California almost entirely on her Harley-Davidson motorcycle, had a brief meeting with Leno, then staged a press conference defending two-year universities.
Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College
Young was named president of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in Asheville, North Carolina, on September 1, 2007. She resigned in Spring 2009.
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