Five tenured faculty are about to be fired from Western Nevada College thanks to a curricular review that determined their disciplines do not support the institution’s new goal to increase its graduation rate. Quoted in Elizabeth Murphy’s Sept. 12 article for Inside Higher Ed, WNC administrator Mark Ghan explains, “’What the reduction has done is force a shift...
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CSN NFA Seeks Faculty Involvement in NSHE Plans for Community College Reform
In June 2010 Chancellor Dan Klaich convened a Task Force to review the status of NSHE’s community colleges. The Task Force’s conclusions and recommendations were presented to the Board of Regents last week. While the Task Force commends NSHE’s community colleges for meeting community...
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NSHE Regents Accept Task Force Recommendations for Community College Reform
Today’s Regents meeting began with public comment. Aimee Riley, CSN’s Student Body President, spoke on the Community College Task Force Report and asked that students be given a much larger role in evaluating the report’s recommendations than they were given in formulating the recommendations. ...
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State NFA Election Ballot Available Now!
Voting for State NFA officers is now being conducted by email. CSN-NFA members, you should have already received your ballot. As a reminder, you may read candidates’ campaign statements at State NFA’s blog: click here. Voting ends Monday, May 16, at 5 p.m. If...
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CSN NFA November Membership Meeting
The November NFA Membership Meeting is being held this Friday, Nov. 12th at 11:00 am at the West Charleston Campus in room B-105. We will be discussing updated information on Collective Bargaining, the just concluded political elections, and PEBP issues. The month of December holds...
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