A Fall in the Ranks

Thu Apr 14 2022

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BMCC administration claims these cuts will not adversely affect students.

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Given the size of BMCC, the student to full time faculty ratio places us as the 8th in the state (well within the middling range). If these cuts go through, BMCC’s student ratio will shift from 75 students per full time advisor to 104 students per faculty. The second highest in the state (and that’s not a good thing).

Shows BMCC in the middle of all other community colleges

On the right: Reviewing the proposed course schedule for Fall, and those courses taught by the faculty identified (10 full time and 19 part time) in these budget cuts, over 200 courses will be canceled due to lack of staff. This will leave close to 2000 students underserved and without access to the courses they want and need.

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Community Growth

These almost 30 cuts are short sighted and will ultimately limit student choice and degree options.

Sat Apr 16 2022

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Administrative Blunders

The BMCC Administration has made negligent mistakes, how can we trust this proposal is the right course of action?

Tue Apr 26 2022

BMCC Students walking at a commencement ceremony.

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Graduation Rate

Time to graduation will increase if students cannot register for the required classes. Why delay the returns on educational investment.

Mon Apr 18 2022

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"I know many of the Faculty members and feel what they do has benefitted this community beyond measure. The loss of these people and the curriculum they teach would have an unending negative ripple effect."

Carol Hanks

"As a community college professor at another school in the region, I understand firsthand how important it is to provide a full range of courses and subjects to students in rural communities. College is a way to expand your world and learn what is possible in addition to providing job training. We train better citizens for the future at CCs and it is important to keep the full range of possible subjects and careers open to our students; we owe it to them."

Benjamin Cartwright

"BMCC needs more instructors, not less. Expanding the availability of varied curriculum can only be a net win for the city, and for this side of the state."

Milo Hawkins

"The "Students First" slogan falls short when you drastically cut the main group interacting with our students. How does the administration think it will recruit new students to a school that just lost a third of its educators?"

Nika Blasser

"The loss of these instructors would scar and eliminate some of these chances for students."

Ellen Wardell / Retired educator

"Providing students with a bare minimum of options doesn't really do them any service--it only serves to funnel those in certain areas into certain careers, instead of letting them fully explore all of their options and interests. Community colleges could serve as "the great equalizer" between urban and rural communities when it comes to opportunities. Don't deepen the divide by perpetuating geographical and class stereotypes."

Ryan Flett

BMCC administration claims these cuts will not adversely affect students.

Community Growth

Administrative Blunders

Graduation Rate

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