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Letter to the Editor: Cantonese Certificate Program

November 12, 2023November 15, 2023 The Guardsman 0 Comments cantonese, Chester Leung

Cantonese has come under attack internationally and here in the Bay Area, from the closure of Hong Kong Language Learning Association (港語學) to the CCSF Cantonese program dropping from 5 instructors to only 1.

Community News Board of Trustees

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

February 1, 2022February 10, 2022 The Guardsman Chinese Hospital, Alan Wong, College of Alameda, Diana Garcia-Denson, cantonese, Janna Velasquez, Sacramento City College, JT Wildfeuer, Grace Yu, board of trustees, Professor Gordon Lew, academic senate, San Francisco Domestic Violence Consortium

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.

COVID19 News Board of Trustees

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

August 25, 2021September 14, 2021 The Guardsman Tom Temprano, OPEB, Tom Boegel, John al-Amin, board of trustees, Alan Wong, Higher Education Emergency Relief Fund, john rizzo, HEERF, academic senate, COVID-19, California Community College Chancellor’s Office, pandemic, cantonese, ESL, English as a Second Language, Other Post-Employment Benefits Retiree Trust, shanell williams, Aliya Chisti, AFT2121, Wynd Kaufman, Wise, Erin Blackwell, Sarah Berjan, CARES Act

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.