AFT looked at the College Budget and found no funding for new initiatives, etc. A line item for new initiatives had been eliminated. Housing stipends for high-level administrators were noted. It is not known whether or not the Board of Trustees was aware of the housing stipends. Computerized placement testing has been forced into operation without thought as to cost.
Technical support is haphazard or totally missing.
The preparation for the computerized testing was inadequate, printers were not available on site, and student s confidential information was easily breached. Schedule 25 is still an unknown. It is being implemented at significant cost with uncertain results. Faculty members are worried that we may be facing an unparalleled chaotic summer and fall, and hoping that Schedule 25 goes as well as purported. The College is working on a whole new system of payment for labs, CEHs, and for Distance Learning faculty.