The contract expired at the end of September.  They were negotiating through the summer but the college management refused to negotiate on two key issues such as the over-reliance on part-time faculty and control over academic decisions.

For example, they hire part-time teachers for things such as nursing and then if a student fails they over-ride the decision by the nursing professor and change the grades to a 'pass' behind the scenes.  Just remember this when you are sick in the hospital: you can wonder if the nurse legitimately passed or was passed by some know-nothing bureaucrat who didn't want to lose the student's tuition.