AFT Blames District Policies for Waitlist Crisis: Connecting the Dots from Layoffs to Waitlists

At the July 27 emergency session, BoT members voted 5-0 to approve a revised resolution including a provision to immediately rehire instructors in selected classes.

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Resolutions to Recall Laid Off Employees Are Stalled

Resolutions to recall all laid off faculty from 2022 were presented to the board budget and audit committee, but were quickly stalled. The absent author of the resolutions and policy confusion compiled to a stalemate and the resolutions are now on pause.

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Student Trustee Addresses ‘Outdated’ Registration System

City College students and faculty have faced registration issues for years. San Francisco Community College District student trustee Malinalli Villalobos acknowledges the issues with registration and reveals that the administration has an ongoing district-wide vetting for a new registration system to solve the issues.

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Trustees Seek Security for SF Cantonese Speakers at Risk of Further Alienation, and the Program’s Last Lecturer

Yu says she was told by Chair Garcia-Denson that there is not room enough in the budget for more than three classes per year, a state of affairs which could prove to be a meaningful roadblock to meeting state certificate standards, or requirements for certificates for transfer to state universities.

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Enrollment Growth Strategy: Student Affairs to Pursue Advertising Blitz Regarding Campus Return

Battling a ten-year enrollment decline and a lengthy pandemic now in its fourth semester, City College plans to use state funds to reel students back with the promise of in-person instruction.

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Civil Grand Jury Review: City College Seeks Workforce Development Partnership with City of San Francisco

Rising unemployment and low enrollment have led San Francisco’s Civil Grand Jury to conduct a developmental review of City College, elevating opportunities for future partnerships and funding.

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Tempers Run High While Maneuvering a Vaccine Mandate

With the FDA approval of the Pfizer vaccine, CCSF has begun to unveil the details of their vaccine mandate implementation plans or what is now being dubbed a “Safety Campaign.”

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