(2/24/14) After years of resistance by District management, the Board of Trustees finally compelled the Chancellor to agree to increasing the hiring of FT Faculty now to start in Fall 2014 from 12 to 20 positions. Management continued to exaggerate the cost of additional positions, and tried to sway them with concerns about spending down the reserves, but the Board was unwavering and approved the additional positions unanimously. We don't yet know how many positions will be hired at each college.
"This is a first step, and there are several important additional steps that must be taken. The District must allocate additional dollars every year for the next several years in order to rebuild our faculty ranks from our current all-time-low of 406," stated CFE President Dean Mancina.