Tag: equity

New Basic Needs Center SparkPoint Aims to Help Students Fight Hunger, Find Financial Security

November 21, 2022November 23, 2022 The Guardsman equity, Ann Marie Galvan, basic needs, SparkPoint, tessa henderson-brown, alicia fausto, food, united way bay area, housing, food pantry, transportation, uwba, Hunger

The center allows students to access multiple services all in one place, making it easier to find needed resources.

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Biden Gave Students an Inch But We Need The Mile

September 14, 2022October 3, 2022 The Guardsman equity, Onyx Hunter, Student Debt, President Biden, Black Americans, debt, student loans

Jobs that require higher education are more common than they ever have been but college education is still a serious financial risk. We need more than forgiveness.

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Trustees Seek To Promote Campus Diversity and Equity

August 25, 2021September 26, 2021 The Guardsman equity, California Education Code Equal Employment Opportunity, Chancellor's Office Certification Form, resolution 109, Trustee Brigitte Davila, “Affirming San Francisco Community College District Commitment to Diversity, and Inclusion”, board of trustees

The Board of Trustees unanimously passed a resolution on June 24 aimed at increasing and expanding checks and reviews to promote diversity and equity on campus.

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Art Instructor Questions Her Pink Slip

March 24, 2021 The Guardsman Rebuild City College, Fort Mason Campus, Amy Diaz-Infante, Art department, pink slip, Tom Boegel, printmaking, Anna Asabedo, board of trustees, Rajen Vurdien, faculty cuts, the guardsman, equity, Michael Needhan, budget cuts, Daina Medveder Koziot, City College of San Francisco, Erin Blackwell, CCSF, Layoffs, administration, Stephanie MacAller, Leslie Simon

“Is there someone here who doesn’t want a City College? That doesn’t want free education? Is the focus just churning out degrees? And certainly, getting degrees and certificates is part of our mission. Also part of our mission has been to provide education for lifelong learning.”

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City College’s Legacy of Educators Against Institutional Inequity

February 23, 2021February 24, 2021 The Guardsman DIEC, Samya Brohmi, Viana Goowin, race, education, academic senate, racism, black history month, diversity, equity

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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Budget Deficit’s Impact on Equity

February 23, 2021March 26, 2021 The Guardsman retention, Tom Boegel, Kim Wise, Chris Fong, Higher Education Action Team, Serena Sacharoff, Rick Baum, English Second Language, multi-year budget plan, equity, austerity, eops, Annette Mullaney, Corwin Cooley, budget cuts, MRSD, petition, ESL, AASP, underrepresented students, class cuts, APASS, Marlboro Aleonar, deficit, TULAY, VASA, harts, LSN

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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San Francisco Reopens, SFUSD Lawsuit Looming

February 9, 2021February 9, 2021 The Guardsman public health, students, labor union, teachers, BOE, Shayna Gee, COVID-19, equity, distance learning, sfusd, Serena Sacharoff, education, Reopening, learning, DPH, lawsuit

By Shayna Gee On January 28, San Francisco moved to reopen some activities, an announcement made shortly after Governor Newsom

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Six Weeks into the Semester, (Some) Students Finally Get Critical Software Access

October 12, 2020October 16, 2020 The Guardsman lab, software, internet, BEMA, BCST, Tyler Breisacher, PHOT, Michele Sieglitz, Eleni Balakrishnan, Silicon Valley, Starr Wilson, Melvin Wong, equity, Splashtop, computer

Students are finally gaining remote access to on-campus computer labs, which will allow them to access expensive software they’ve been desperately needing for class. Other inequities, however, remain unsolved.