The College of New Caledonia faculty passed motions of non-confidence in the college's administrators in September and April last year.
"Faculty have listened to the concerns raised by groups and individual students across the region this year, but it is becoming increasingly apparent that neither the senior administration nor the board were willing to listen to the alternatives put forward by stakeholders," said Deborah Collette, Faculty Association of CNC president.
The statement highlighted cuts to the dental hygiene program "despite widespread community protest" and cuts to industry-based technological programs as points of contention.
Collette said that information was given to board chair Vince Prince, who made it public in an interview with 250 News Wednesday.
She said the association has not received "meaningful response to the board" since it brought the vote forward.
"We were faced with no alternative but to seek solutions by approaching the Ministry of Advanced Education."
On Friday the ministry appointed a former and current deputy minister to serve on CNC's board of governors.
Collette said the association had written a letter, but had not heard back from the ministry and didn't know why it had made the move to place three people on the college board.
"One could only wish we had that power," she said. "My sense is that sort of thing had been in the works given all the hoopla and the bad press CNC has been getting."
Sandra Carroll, current deputy minister and Robert Lee Doney, former deputy minister, were both appointed by the Ministry of Advanced Education. A third member - CNC's Registrar Paul Campo - was appointed as an administrative representative.
CNC is the only public post-secondary institution in B.C. to have a ministry staff person. In the past, the B.C. Justice Institute or JIBC has also had ministry appointees named to the board.
CNC said it could not provide comment Wednesday afternoon and planned to give comment to The Citizen on Thursday.
