Northwest State board OKs 3-year faculty pact

10/1/2003

ARCHBOLD, Ohio — The Northwest State Community College board of trustees yesterday approved a three-year contract for faculty.

The pact was approved pre|viously by the Northwest State Community College Education Association, which represents about 50 faculty, said Betty Young, the college's president.

The contract, retroactive to Aug. 16, provides for salary base increases of 3.5 percent the first year and 3 percent each of the next two years. It also calls for an average annual 1.3 percent step increase, Dr. Young said.