The San Francisco Chronicle has no agenda against CCSF
Journalism instructor Tom Graham complains in the Guardsman’s Feb. 5. issue that the San Francisco Chronicle’s coverage of City College’s accreditation woes amount to a “negative attack” on the college. Mr. Graham has made similar complaints in other forums, and the allegation of unfairness is tossed about freely around the school by others. As the writer of the Chronicle’s accreditation stories, I’d like to respond by inviting...
CITY COLLEGE’S ACCREDITATION CRISIS
THE EDITORIAL YOU WON’T READ IN THE CHRONICLE In the past three years, City College has lost $53 million in funding. Its had three different chancellors. At the same time, the state Accrediting Commission has come down on the institution by making 14 very difficult demands upon the college. Among those demands, it criticizes the college’s inability to stay within its ever shrinking budget and insists that instructors develop...
Thank you, San Francisco, for supporting CCSF!
We faculty at City College of San Francisco want to say Thank You San Francisco! Thank you for your show of support for City College by approving Measure “A” by a resounding 72%! Your vote of confidence shows us that City College is valued, vital, and essential to our City. Thank you also for approving Prop 30! On behalf of the college’s department chairs and the faculty that we represent, we take your message to heart. We...
Biden won, despite the malarkey on Twitter
By Jandean Deocampo The Guardsman A few hours after the Vice Presidential debate between Joe Biden and Paul Ryan, a status update popped up on my Facebook feed. It said that Biden “did a good job of concealing the fact that he didn’t know anything.”It was one of those precious moments where you realize that high school was a terrible period of your life, and wasn’t really a great place to make lifelong friends. A Republican poll...