Board of Trustees Passes Budget with No Allocation for Raises or Rehiring Laid-off Faculty
On Sept. 14 the Board of Trustees (BoT) unanimously approved Chancellor David Martin’s 2023-24 budget. It wasn’t easy.
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Death by a Thousand Cuts: Slashing of Programs Undermines City College’s Mission and Future
City College of San Francisco’s administration and elected officials laid off hundreds of teachers in Spring 2022. Here’s how the college’s programs and future are impacted.
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Explainer: City College’s Controversial Retiree Healthcare Fund
Other Post Employment Benefits, healthcare promised to employees in retirement, continues to be a point of contention in the ongoing budget debates around the college’s financial future.
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Lessons from the Pandemic: It’s Time to Rethink Social Policy
COVID-19 and the ensuing unemployment crisis has demonstrated a need to improve the United State’s social safety net.
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Administration Asks City for $30 Million in Emergency Aid
The request asks San Francisco for $15 million a year for the next two years and could be introduced to the Board of Supervisors as early as April 27.
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Chancellor Search on Hiatus, to Resume July 1
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.
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Faculty Dispute Vurdien’s Version of Layoffs’ Impact
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.
Read moreCity College Ups Financial Oversight with Monthly Budget Updates
City College is on track to hit its $5.6 million budget deficit target for the current academic year, though 12 of 30 line items are trending above target spending, according to Vice Chancellor of Finance and Administration John al-Amin’s monthly budget update to the Board of Trustees on Feb. 25.
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A Many-Faceted Financial Fiasco
The pandemic has exacerbated the College’s financial woes, with decreased tax revenues and delayed funding from the state, but it is not the genesis of the problem.
Read moreFaculty Union Criticizes Moves Towards Layoffs
Interim-Chancellor Vurdien announced January 21st that City College intends to issue pink slips to a yet undisclosed number of employees.
Read moreBoard of Trustees Prioritize Increasing Enrollment, Cutting Costs by 2025
Under the watchful eye of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, the City College Board of Trustees contemplate their financial strategy for the next five years and beyond.
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Drastic cuts across the board to address College’s “dire fiscal emergency” in approved Multi-Year Budget and Enrollment Plan
Facing budget constraints and continued accreditation pressures, the College’s Multi-Year Budget and Enrollment Plan outlines steep cuts, including at least 600 fewer class sections.
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City College’s First Latino President Carlos Ramirez Dies at 75
Former City College President Dr. Carlos Brazil Ramirez, passed away earlier this month at the age of 75. This article discusses both his challenges and successes, and former friends and colleagues recall the man himself.
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