Hempstead, NY Vol.77 | Issue 18
The Hofstra
Chronicle
Thursday
March 8, 2012
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How many can we fit?
Faculty and administration debate on a proposal to increase class sizes. According to the University’s website, the current size of an undergraduate class is 21 students. Michaela Papa/The Chronicle
By Andrew Wronbloweski stAff WrItEr
As students worry about class registration this month, the University’s faculty and administration continue to debate about increasing class size limits. If passed, the increase would
create more spots in classes for students. for example, if a class currently has a maximum size of 30 students, then an increase could cause the maximum size of that class could be to 35 students. However, even after the class is closed at 35 students, additional students could enroll with special permission from
their respective departments. the stem of the controversy surrounding this issue begins with the Collective Bargaining Agreement By and Between Hofstra University and the Hofstra Chapter of the American Association of University Professors (the CBA), which is a contract drawn up between
the administration and faculty. In the CBA, Article 6.11(a) states that by Dec. 1, 2011, Hofstra’s administration would review the University’s current class size limit. Provost Herman Berliner, in charge of this review, looked at the University’s current enrollment limit records, and then recom-
mended changes to the class size limit to each department’s chairperson. Each chairperson now has until May to review Berliner’s proposed changes. During this time, each Department has
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