Checking the Balances of Downsized Offerings
The culmination of layoffs and program consolidations have caused major challenges for educators and students alike. Read how the drastic cuts from last year are affecting City College today.
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Amid Stiff Cuts to English and ESL at City College, Mission Campus is Expanding its Offerings
Despite deep financial cuts to essential City College programs and classes, the Mission Center was determined to make a comeback as a beloved and necessary community fixture.
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City College Students and Faculty Gather to Demand Answers From Administrators on Recent Round of Cuts
Approximately 300 students have been waitlisted for English 1A and ESL students are being packed into classes 200 deep.
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Survey For You: Are Your Classes Being Cut?
If anything unexpected has happened to your student schedule, those experiences are welcome, as well as those of any students who are in crowded ESL classes.
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Faculty, Staff and Students Protest Layoffs with Day of Action Rally at City College
The in-person rally, followed by a virtual press-conference attended by more than 400 people, featured lively call-and-response chants and testimonials from faculty, staff and students who addressed the importance of retaining class offerings for the most underserved students in the Bay Area.
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Administration’s Plans to Reopen Campus Receives Backlash
Administration recently proposed a plan to reopen campuses to in person learning, but there have been discussions about delaying it due to frustration with the lack of consideration and planning.
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Administration Asks City for $30 Million in Emergency Aid
The request asks San Francisco for $15 million a year for the next two years and could be introduced to the Board of Supervisors as early as April 27.
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San Francisco supervisors expressed support for City College at a hearing on the college’s proposed course cuts and layoffs of over 60% of instructors.
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Local Union Members Rally at City Hall Protesting Estimated 60% Faculty Cuts
About 200 City College faculty, union workers from SEIU Local 87, which represents custodians and janitors, and faculty from local colleges gathered in solidarity to oppose City College faculty cuts.
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Faculty Dispute Vurdien’s Version of Layoffs’ Impact
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.
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Layoffs Threaten Registered Nursing Department Accreditation, Negotiations with Administration Underway
In the wake of upcoming faculty layoffs approved by the Board of Trustees on Feb. 26, faculty from City College’s registered nursing department fear their department could lose their approval granted by the California Board of Registered Nursing, due to no longer meeting minimum staffing requirements outlined by the board. Now, City College nursing faculty are in negotiations with the school’s administration to minimize cuts to their department.
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Budget Deficit’s Impact on Equity
Cuts to staff and classes may increase demands on City College’s counseling services and retention programs that largely serve underrepresented students, yet the programs themselves may not be fully spared.
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