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Art Instructor Questions Her Pink Slip

“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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Faculty Dispute Vurdien’s Version of Layoffs’ Impact

March 24, 2021March 24, 2021 The Guardsman Rebuild City College, dcc, Department Chairperson Council, Dianna Gonzales, Disabled Student Programs and Services, Tom Boegel, Muriel Parenteau, Rajen Vurdien, board of trustees, Annette Mullaney, budget, Enrollment Management Committee, academic senate, Serena Sacharoff, multi-year Budget and Enrollment Plan, class cuts, Carole Meagher, DSPS

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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Allocation of Federal Pandemic Relief Funds Remains Unclear

March 10, 2021March 11, 2021 The Guardsman Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, Coronavirus Aid Relief and Economic Security Act, board of trustees, Coronavirus Response and Relief Supplemental Appropriations Act, the guardsman, Rebuild City College, COVID-19, pandemic, Loretta Bonifacio, John al-Amin, Stephanie MacAller

City College must expend all federal relief by May. As federal restrictions define what is allowed, campus constituents consider what is possible.