NYSUT’s Community College Leadership Conference, October 28-30
This past weekend, the NCCFT Executive Committee, along with a contingent of active NCCFT members, attended NYSUT’s 38th annual Community College Leadership Conference. A gathering of community conference union […]
The Nassau Community College Board of Trustees Meeting – October 18, 2016
The NCCFT Executive Committee welcomes these positive developments at last week’s Board of Trustees meeting: Dr. Gardyn, Board Chair, recognized Kate Murray for her efforts to obtain an agreement from the […]
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. […]