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barcelo presidency:  instruction not a priority

6/21/2014

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The NNMC Office of Institutional Advancement prepared a small 2013 Fact Book that demonstrates several key components of the Barceló Administration that have contributed to the College’s decline. As seen above, INSTRUCTION constitutes less than 30% of institutional expenditures, while “Institution Support” and “Other Core Expenses” (read = Administrative) make up 54% of all NNMC expenditures.[i]

In addition, the Fact Book shows 162 full-time Administrators and Staff to a mere 57 full-time faculty.[ii] Indeed, in President Barceló first year in office 23 full-time Administrative and staff positions were added while instructors were furloughed.[iii]

Northern’s dismal graduation rate of 15% (even lower for Hispanic students at this “Hispanic Serving Institution” at 12%) is quite likely due to the decision to deprioritize instruction.[iv] In addition, the paltry 3% dedicated to Academic Support demonstrates this Administration’s commitment to student success. President Barceló’s Administration spent fully 18 times more on themselves than on Academic Support for students.

From the Fact Book (full text below) we also note that a massive drop in enrollment (both full-time equivalent and headcount) is directly tied to the 2011 rise in tuition of over 50%—a move that gained the attention of the United States Department of Education.[v] By way of comparison, the year before Barceló's more than doubling tuition, the enrollment trend was an increase of 18%.[vi] NNMC’s new President Nancy “Rusty” Barceló, who was inaugurated fall of 2010, made more than doubling NNMC’s tuition one of her first major actions in power, our enrollment has not recovered since.

In October of 2010, President Barceló threw herself a flashy three-day inauguration celebration— the first in the history of our more unassuming twenty NNMC Presidents.[vii] During her inauguration, the Santa Fe Examiner reported that Barceló explained that if she “were to choose between community and hierarchy, she made it clear that she’s for community.”[viii]

Yet by the NNMC Administration’s own reports and measures, such as the 2013 Fact Book, the priorities of Barceló’s Administration have—since her first days in office—been demonstrably to the benefit of NNMC's hierarchy and to the detriment of our community.
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[i] NNMC 2013 Fact Book, p.6.

[ii] Ibid, p.4.

[iii] For Administrative and Staff full-time positions comparison, see NNMC 2010 Fact Book, p. 3 at: http://205.166.231.30/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NNMC-Fact-Book-2010.pdf Also full text of NNMC 2010 Fact Book below.For media coverage on the furloughs, see: http://nnmcstudygroup.weebly.com/news.html —scroll to bottom

[iv] From the National Center of Education Statistics: http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/datacenter/InstitutionProfile.aspx?unitId=acb3b3abb0b3

[v] “Ed Dept calls out colleges that hiked tuition by 50 percent,” 30 June, 2011. http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/lookout/ed-dept-calls-colleges-hiked-tuition-50-percent-183248263.html For more media coverage of the tuition hike, see: http://nnmcstudygroup.weebly.com/news.html —scroll to bottom

[vi] NNMC 2010 Fact Book, p. 7 http://205.166.231.30/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/NNMC-Fact-Book-2010.pdf Also full text of NNMC 2010 Fact Book below.

[vii] See full schedule of 3-day Barceló inauguration at: http://www.malcs.org/2010/10/president-rusty-barcelo/

[viii] “Inauguration for New President at Northern New Mexico College,” 2 November 2010 http://www.examiner.com/article/inauguration-for-new-president-at-northern-new-mexico-college

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NNMC Alumni
6/23/2014 01:45:38 am

It is clear that student interest in NNMC is falling. This is a sad turn of events because many of our community members cannot afford to travel to another school. NNMC has helped many develop a hope and a pathway into the future.

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