You Have to Let the Process Run Its Course: Our Thoughts on Policy Documents 1200 & 1300
On September 30, as he said he would at the most recent meeting of the Academic Senate, President Keen sent an email to the entire campus, making available to us […]
Nassau Community College Board of Trustees Meeting – September 13, 2016
Judy Jacobs, 1939-2016
It is with great sadness that we have learned Nassau County Legislator Judy Jacobs has passed away. Judy started her career as a public school teacher and always demonstrated thoughtfulness and kindness […]
Locked-Out LIU-Brooklyn Faculty Need Our Support!
Donate as generously as you can to the AFT’s solidarity fund. Our colleagues in Brooklyn are without their salaries and without health insurance. Back in July, we told you about how LIU-Brooklyn’s […]
The Long Island University Faculty Federation Needs Our Support!
Contract negotiations are supposed to be good-faith undertakings, in which each side agrees to be honest at the bargaining table, committed to the confidentiality that makes honest negotiations possible, and supportive of whatever final […]
Why Nassau Community College Needs an Independent Middle States Consultant – 2
(For Part 1, click here.) In her June 29th column in Newsday, “Nassau Community, task force must address college’s failings,” Joye Brown wrote the following in response to the full-time […]
Why Nassau Community College Needs an Independent Middle States Consultant
The Middle States Commission on Higher Education (MSCHE) last visited Nassau Community College for an on-site accreditation review in 2004. At that time, the Commission called us in its report […]
It’s Official! We Have a New President – The NCC Board of Trustees Meeting, June 22, 2016
After some drama—because, of course, there had to be drama (which you can watch in the video, starting at about 6:55)—the Board of Trustees approved a resolution to hire Dr. […]
We’ve Come to the Bridge We Need To Cross
Summer 2016 promises to be a season of transition at Nassau Community College. For starters, we have this new website, chock full of features that will help us communicate with […]
The NCCFT’s Statement on the Orlando Massacre
As we all know by now, 50 people were killed and more than 50 were wounded early Sunday morning at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando, Florida. According to U.S. officials, Omar Mateen, […]