Exiting Chancellor Promised Transparency but Many Student Don’t Know He Exists As students were interviewed across Ocean Campus on Sept. 26, just five days after Martin gave notice, the most common response was, “What’s a chancellor?”
City College Board of Trustees Meets after Chancellor Decides Not to Renew Contract When the Board of Trustees (BoT) met for their regular meeting on Sept. 28, the circumstances were anything but regular.
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges Arrives Oct. 2 The powerful Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) will arrive at City College on Oct. 2 to conduct a “focused site visit,” part of a process that occurs every seven years and ultimately will result in the ACCJC determining the accreditation status of the college.
AFT Blames District Policies for Waitlist Crisis: Connecting the Dots from Layoffs to Waitlists At the July 27 emergency session, BoT members voted 5-0 to approve a revised resolution including a provision to immediately rehire instructors in selected classes.
City College and AFT 2121 Secure Agreement to Expand Healthcare Coverage for Faculty Part-time faculty can now access medical insurance and purchase City College plans if ineligible for college-paid coverage.
Resolutions to Recall Laid Off Employees Are Stalled Resolutions to recall all laid off faculty from 2022 were presented to the board budget and audit committee, but were quickly stalled. The absent author of the resolutions and policy confusion compiled to a stalemate and the resolutions are now on pause.
Trustees “Take the Heat” When There is None on Campus In the trustee’s emergency meeting on Tuesday March 14, the City College board approved a $2.6 million transfer into a construction fund in order to help fix heating issues. However these repairs will take months and many of the stopgap solutions don’t seem to be working according to many faculty wh