Good Evening—I am Debra DeSanto—President of the NCCFT and I will be reading this statement on behalf of the Executive Committee
If this has been a difficult year–and it has–it is not because we have made it so. Each time we have spoken strongly against President Astrab’s actions, or sought remedies from the grievance procedure or [...]
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The recent college budget submitted to the Board and approved by the Board is a recipe for failure. Recent Budgets have resulted in the loss of about 80 Full Time lines in the past 2 years.
Once again, I feel we must remind you of the services provided by the full time faculty. We serve as academic advisors [...]
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Below is the video from Monday night’s NCC Board of Trustees meeting.
To see other videos, visit our YouTube channel at http://youtube.com/NCCFT
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The NCCFT and the English Department’s Literary Theory committee are pleased to invite you to a colloquium on the threats facing liberal arts education in the United States today.
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Below are the statements made by NCCFT officers at last Wednesday’s Board of Trustees meeting. While defending the quality of education at NCC is our overriding interest, we spoke extensively about the exploitation of LINCC Lecturers. LINCC, or Language Immersion at NCC, is a program devoted to students who are learning English as a second [...]
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This has been another week of surprises, primarily in the form of a confidentiality agreement passed by the Nassau Community College Foundation Board of Directors. How are we not to assume they have something to hide
• when they refuse to allow Directors to brief the community that the foundation serves;
• when they legally challenge [...]
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It wasn’t his fault it was empty. He’d known ahead of time that three trustees were not going to be at the March 14th BOT meeting. Yet there was hope for a quorum. All Mr. Prime needed was for three more trustees to appear and they could attend to the College’s business. It was important [...]
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In April 2011 the NCCFT Executive Committee began reaching out to the Administration to discuss ways we could work together to address fiscal problems facing the campus. We will present and review those efforts and discuss the results at the NCCFT Executive Board meeting on Tuesday, March 6 and again to the entire membership at [...]
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Today the New York State AFL-CIO is launching a statewide radio ad campaign in opposition to the proposed Tier 6 pension changes. You can listen to the radio ad here.
Tier 6 would severely undermine the retirement security of workers who dedicate their careers to serving the residents of New York.
Mario Cilentro, President of the [...]
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We hope the break afforded you a much needed and deserved period of relaxation and opportunity to recharge after what can only be described as a stressful Fall semester. As we begin the New Year, there are several updates to share:
First, we want to announce some changes and additions to our team: Professor Richard Newman [...]
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CHE Community College news AFT’s FACE campaign
