If I read this right, the government asked the colleges themselves to propose the framework.  Yeah, I’d be asking for double-digit increases too if it worked that way at my office.

Seriously, though, why didn’t they have the cojones to offer the rate of inflation backdated to the freeze date?  I would imagine the job description hasn’t changed much, and most of us would be quite happy to be keeping pace with the cost of living.  My guess is most of these folks would take it, since they seemed willing to accept no raise at all for five years.  And if they’re hacked off about it?  How hard can it be to find someone competent enough to run a community college?