State auditors in early April warned the California Community College Chancellor’s office to act quickly in order to remain independent, deeming the college “not currently stable,” citing its ineffective attempts at reducing its costs necessary to supplement the 35% enrollment decline over the past eight years, which resulted in the college tapping into its reserves.
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Despite Interim Chancellor Rajen Vurdien’s and City College administrators’ repeated promises that faculty layoffs and course cuts will not result in any academic programs being discontinued, many faculty members claim they will.
Read moreCity College is on track to hit its $5.6 million budget deficit target for the current academic year, though 12 of 30 line items are trending above target spending, according to Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration John al-Amin’s monthly budget update to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 25.
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Presenting Black faculty members’ contributions to higher education access for students of color. How do new diversity resolutions continue their efforts to reach racial equity and representation on campus?
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The pandemic has exacerbated the College’s financial woes, with decreased tax revenues and delayed funding from the state, but it is not the genesis of the problem.
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Chancellor Mark Rocha attended the Academic Senate meeting on March 4 at Ocean Campus to assure the faculty that plans were underway to increase enrollment since enrollment typically declines during times of major construction.
Read moreBy Tyler Breisacher tbreisac@mail.ccsf.edu City College faculty’s frustrations related to class cuts and communication were evident at
Read moreWhen City College Student Trustee Josh Nielsen tried to ask a question at a March 23 special meeting of the Academic Senate, he was told to “sit down” and “shut up” by members of the faculty.
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