A Fight for the Soul of City College of San Francisco

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CCSF Faculty Union President Tim Killikelly (standing) speaks at a press briefing on a pending visit by the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Photo courtesy of New America Media

By Peter SchurmannNew America Media

This week a team from the Accreditation Commission for Community and Junior Colleges is visiting City College of San Francisco. The team is expected to produce a report that will help guide the commission in a decision that will determine the school’s fate.

But under a new commission policy, the visiting team will not include recommendations in its final report, and that has supporters of the school crying foul.

“Why do they even bother to come if they are not going to be able to make recommendations?” asked Tim Killikelly, president of the faculty union at CCSF, adding that the reason given by the commission for the policy is to “avoid perceived inconsistencies” between recommendations and the commission’s  decisions.

Read the complete story at New America Media.
 

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