Many students have dropped classes taught by part-timers because those professors do not have office hours. Struggling students in a class with no office hours sometimes end up falling through the cracks. |
Some districts see them as purely a money item, and they lose sight of their importance. Money for office hours needs to be gradually built into a budget. |
They decided to break off the portion on salary because that part has already been decided. All the other items are still on the table. |
Things are not going well. Impasse is a definite possibility. |
We feel these are things they can well afford. |