Placement Test Politics
Many City College faculty members feel like they have been verbally abused and disrespected by both Trustee Steve Ngo and the student political activist organization Students Making a Change
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Final budget for 2011-2012 approved
The City College Board of Trustees voted to approve a budget of $191 million for the remainder of the college’s 2011-2012 fiscal year. This budget includes cutting a whopping $1.9 million in funding for classes, a sacrifice made in the face of an ongoing statewide fiscal crisis.
“It’s not a perfect budget… but I think on balance it reflects the budget in this state and elsewhere,” said Trustee Steve Ngo, who is also the chair of the budget committee.
Read MoreCity College Parcel Tax debated for November 2011 ballot
News Briefs from the June 23 City College board of trustees meeting
Read MoreRoss Mirkarimi to form joint committee between City College and City Hall
A new committee is being proposed to address joint issues and interests between City College and the city of San Francisco.
Read More400 City College classes saved from cuts, 350 to 400 still planned to be cut next year
In a special meeting to discuss the 2011-2012 preliminary budget June 2, the City College Board of Trustees said it plans to cut 350 to 400 classes, half the previous estimate, due to reduced state funds.
Read MoreSome progress made in local hiring efforts
City College’s efforts to hire more locals for the North Beach campus construction project have been mostly successful, although it was found that some contractors had violated of the project’s “good faith effort” hiring provisions.
Read MoreChinatown campus contractors request more funds
Construction updates presented at the March 10 Facilities, Infrastructure and Technology Committee meeting revealed past delays are affecting the budget of the Chinatown/North Beach campus project and the start of construction on City College’s new performing arts center.
Read MoreBoard of Trustees role in the case of the “City College Three” called into question
The Board of Trustees is stalling the resolution of the case involving three former City College administrators charged with misappropriating funds, according to an email sent to The Guardsman by attorneys for the administrators.
Read MoreCCSF Involvement in Prosecution
We assume that members of the City College community would want to know when they are being misled by the administration or the Board on matters of importance. As counsel for Phillip Day and Stephen Herman, we can attest that the quotes attributed to Board President John Rizzo in your February 23 article about the Board’s role in the prosecution of Day, Herman and James Blomquist are – at best – misleading.
Read MoreTough-to-swallow evaluation and budget dominate meeting
The City College Board of Trustees elected John Rizzo and Chris Jackson as the new president and vice president at its Jan. 27 meeting, which also included the results of the the board’s recent self-evaluation.
Read MoreStudent voice silenced at Academic Senate meeting
When City College Student Trustee Josh Nielsen tried to ask a question at a March 23 special meeting of the Academic Senate, he was told to “sit down” and “shut up” by members of the faculty.
Read MoreTrustee apologizes for ‘culture of mistrust’
A resolution to set budget priorities presented at the City College Board of Trustees meeting on March 25 led to an admission by one trustee of a “culture of mistrust” between the board and the faculty, staff and students.
Read MoreOpinion: Educators overlook an achievement gap
By Nick Palm STAFF WRITER Education in the United States is in jeopardy. It’s a big enough issue that students
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