An Iconic Comedy Festival Adapts to the New Normal Even with the Sketch Fests growth in notoriety, it has remained an intimate event, one which allows you to see some of the greatest comedians up-close and personally.
Delta Variant Surge Leads to Mandate The City College Board of Trustees approved a vaccine mandate Thursday, August 12, which will require students, faculty, staff, and visitors to be vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021 at the latest.
Union Wins Class Size Concession Faculty union AFT2121 negotiations with the City College administration resulted in classes size minimums remaining at 15 for Fall ‘21.
Salary Cuts Buy Time for Fiscal Solution The faculty’s salary concessions will save jobs and classes for the 2021-22 academic year. However, the agreement may only delay cuts.
Interim Chancellor’s 12-Month Contract Comes to a Close The Interim Chancellor, who came out of retirement to take on the position, has referred to addressing City College’s financial crisis as “righting the ship”. As he prepares to leave the helm, students and faculty continue to work to reconcile salaries and employment with his administration’s Multi-
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.
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.