The Chancellor Finalists: Candidates Largely Align in Approaches to Restore Solvency, and In-Person Classes

September 8, 2021 The Guardsman 0

Some of the main challenges for the chancellor will be ensuring the college’s long-term fiscal stability while making preparations to bring back in-person classes. Opinions on how these goals should be achieved differ between AFT2121, the union which represents the college’s faculty, and the Board of Trustees, with chancellor candidates in the running having largely similar stances on achieving goals mostly inline with the Board’s opinion and differing from each other only slightly.

City College Faces $22.5 Million Budget Deficit and Threat of State Take Over

August 25, 2021 The Guardsman 0

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. 

Chancellor Search on Hiatus, to Resume July 1

April 14, 2021 The Guardsman 0

About a month after formally announcing the start of City College’s search for a new permanent chancellor on Feb. 12, City College’s Board of Trustees announced the search will be put on hiatus as the board deals with the school’s budgetary crisis.

Trustee Race Heats Up

November 3, 2016 The Guardsman 0

City College Board of Trustee candidates addressed faculty and student’s concerns at the first public forum of its kind on Oct. 26.

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Student Trustee talks budget cuts, accreditation

July 2, 2013 The Guardsman 8

On April 29, we sat down with Shanell Williams, the newly elected student trustee and now-former Associated Students president, for a conversation about her experiences with City College and the recent accreditation crisis. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges is expected to release its final decision in early July.