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• Under the terms of the new contract the retention pool starts at 6 (six) semesters and all adjuncts who put in availability forms and are qualified for courses running must be offered an assignment down to 1 (one) semester of seniority before a new person can be hired.  The only exception to this provision is in the case of administrative priority appointments. 

• Administrative appointments may be no more than 10% of the courses in any department or six (6) courses whichever is less.

• Faculty with three (3) or fewer semesters may be removed from the seniority list only if they have been observed and provided with a written copy of the observation. 

• One may be removed from the seniority list if one declines work that has been offered in 4 consecutive semesters.  However, if you send the availability form back indicating "not available" is not a declination in the context of the contract nor is asking for a leave of absence counted as declination. 

• The difference between union dues and agency fees is only ten dollars ($10)  per semester.

• You can get no more than three (3) seniority credits per academic year. 

• Seventy two percent (72%) of NCC faculty is composed of adjuncts.

• About 28% of the adjuncts hold Ph.D. degrees, about 20%  hold M.S./M.A. + 30 credits degrees, about 44%  hold M.S./M.A. degrees, about 8%  hold B.S./B.A. degrees, and about 1%  hold A. A. Degrees.  

• Fifty four percent (54%) of the courses are taught by the adjuncts, yet they draw only nine percent (9%) of the total college budget.