Higher-Ed Unions in the News: The Successful University of California Academic Workers Strike
35,654 academic workers at the University of California voted overwhelmingly last November toauthorize their bargaining units to call a strike. Represented by the United Auto, Aerospace, andAgricultural Implement Workers (UAW), […]
Dec. 13 Board of Trustees Meeting: Faculty Excellence Awarded, Will Fair Contract Follow?
Thank you to everyone who attended the N.C.C. Board of Trustees’ December 13th meeting. The room was packed, with all seats taken and folks standing in the back. A special thanks to […]
No Contract since August
NCC Creative Writing Club Awards…Wow!!
Did you miss the thrilling news? If so, the NCCFT is extremely happy to share with you the following announcement from the Nassau Community College Creative Writing Club! Kudos to […]
Thanksgiving November 2022
There are so many things we are grateful for; too many to list, but here are some! Thank you. . . To the faculty who signed up for the NCCFT […]
VOTE-COPE: What it is and Why we Ask
VOTE-COPE is the acronym of Voices of Teachers in Education—Committee on Political Education. This is the political action fund of our parent union, NYSUT, and, as up to 40% of […]
Faculty Excluded at 9/11 Mourning
The full-time faculty at NCC has always honored the memory of 9/11 and those that perished on that never-to-be forgotten day. Since that time the college has held an annual, […]
How to Improve Enrollment
We all know NCC is “enrollment challenged,” so we encourage the administration to adopt the following policies: Give our students a simpler, easier online application and an “instant acceptance.” The […]
More Exciting Work by NCC Professors
We are delighted to share some of the accomplishments of our faculty that have recently come to our attention: Congratulations to Communications professor Deirdre O’Connor, who wrote and directed the […]
NCC Prof Jacqueline Lee Co-Leads $5 Million NSF Grant
Nassau Community College and Hofstra University have received a $5 million, six-year grant from the National Science Foundation. The principal investigators and co-leaders of the program are Prof. Jacqueline Lee […]