Grand Rapids Community College

Michigan Comm. College Enrollment Dropped–Adjunct Faculty Used to “Adjust” the Budget

by Sophia Deiters and Kevin Lopez Grand Rapids Community College’s Board of Trustee met on Feb. 20, 2023 to swear in re-elected members, discuss falling enrollment and approve budget allocations including additional funding for the Michigan Reconnect program. This was Charles Lepper’s first board meetings...

Michigan Faculty Union Contract Protects $100K+ Pay For FTers & Cuts Adjunct Pay

In 2010, union President Frederick van Hartesveldt III told Grand Rapids Community College trustees, “We have become GRAC — Grand Rapids Adjunct College.” Van Hartesveldt said the college had about 260 full-time professors, but.