Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
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III.A.2
The institution maintains sufficient number of qualified faculty with full-time responsibility
to the institution. The institution has a sufficient number of staff and administrators with
appropriate preparation and experience to provide the administrative services necessary to
support the institution’s mission and purposes.
Descriptive Summary
Hartnell College is continually assessing the appropriate staffing levels for its programs and
services, and maintains sufficient staffing levels to accomplish its mission. Several factors
make this difficult to accomplish, but through its shared governance processes, employee
relations groups, and cabinet-level decision-making, Hartnell monitors and addresses its
staffing needs.
At the time of the last accreditation Institutional self evaluation, the college‘s reserves were
dangerously low, shared governance processes were moribund, and relations between faculty
and administrators were quite strained. A new president came on board who led the college
through this difficult time, addressing both the financial crisis and the tension between
faculty and administrators by unplugging much of the top-level administration, ultimately
reducing the administrators‘ ranks by 25%.
During the ensuing years, Hartnell‘s fiscal prudence and success in obtaining grants has been
matched by the state‘s worsening finances, creating a situation where the college has been
able to almost maintain, but not grow, its workforce. At the same time, the work of the
college has not decreased. Below is a chart showing full-time equivalent employees for the
last six years.
Full-time Equivalent Employees
Fall Semester Management Full-Time Faculty Adjunct Faculty* Classified
2007 34 102 215 150
2008 25 99 237 150
2009 24 92 224 136
2010 26 88 219 126
2011 27 94 257 135
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