Resolution Written in the Spirit of Preserving the Quality of Education at Bluegrass Community and Technical College

(Humanities Department Resolution)

Resolution Written in the Spirit of Preserving the Quality of Education at BCTC, Promoting Cooperation at BCTC, and Upholding the Mission Statement of BCTC

Whereas, The faculty have been charged by the President and Chief Academic Officer to increase their course caps or teach an additional class per semester due to the College’s great financial distress; and

Whereas, The perception commonly held among faculty is that the College’s administration is filled with redundancy; and

Whereas, The communication regarding the deficit, specifically an account of proposed solutions that would cut and/or generate revenue, has been delivered in a non-transparent and untimely manner; and

Whereas, The wide-spread thought among faculty is that the deficit problems are being disproportionately and unduly assigned to them, now, therefore, be it

Resolved, That administration share detailed budgetary information concerning the origin of the deficit; and

Resolved, That the College employ an outside party to examine the administrative structure of the College and help us determine how and where we can make substantial savings; and

Resolved, That administration reveal in a timely fashion the decision-making process regarding the deficit, including the logic of the choices made based on current budgetary figures and the logic behind the rejection of other ideas based on various proposed budget models; and

Resolved, That administration put aside the policy that would require faculty to increase their course caps while we examine the full budget; and be it further

Resolved, That administration put aside the policy that would require faculty to teach an additional class per semester while we examine the full budget.

Submitted by
Humanities Division
April 25, 2008