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The governor has funneled millions of tax dollars toward beefing up online classes.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The first semester’s results came as a bit of a blow. Most students failed the courses, forcing a more critical look at the MOOC hype.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>The Trial Run\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Marcum Martz and his two teenage sons signed up to take the \u003ca href=\"https://www.udacity.com/course/cs046\">intro to computer programming course\u003c/a> through San Jose State and Udacity over the summer. He says that, right off the bat, he noticed big problems.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It became fairly obvious that the course content, the quizzes, the assignments and the way in which the class proceeded had not been beta tested thoroughly, if at all,” Martz says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He might let that slide if the class were a normal, free MOOC. Instead, Martz paid $150 each for him and his sons to take the class and earn college credit.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Taking the courses for credit meant doing extra assignments, getting access to instructors and receiving actual grades.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Universities hope this model will get more kids through bottleneck classes — like entry-level math and science — and on to graduation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The problem is that students didn’t do well in the first semester’s classes. In remedial math, nearly 80 percent of students failed. 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Right now, they live off venture capital and give their content to universities for cheap or free.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Professors say that can’t last. So they question who will pay for the months of work it takes to turn instructors’ lectures into scripts, shoot dozens of videos, and edit together the polished package.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Susan Snycerski, a full-time lecturer at San Jose State who co-developed an \u003ca href=\"https://www.udacity.com/course/ps001\">Intro to Psychology class\u003c/a> for the Udacity pilot, says it took more effort to create than a traditional in-person class.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s been an enormous amount of time,” she says. “I had no idea when I signed up how much time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Here’s her outline of the process:\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>Divide up the course into sections\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Choose which instructor would write the lesson plans for each section\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Type out complete lectures for each lesson plan (Snycerski says some lectures were 17-20 single-spaced, typed pages)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Vet/edit lectures\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Submit lectures to Udacity producer to turn into video scripts\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Decide what types of shots to use for each lecture (headshot, reenactment, writing on tablet, etc)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Make multiple trips to Udacity studio in Mountain View to record lesson segments (Snycerski says at times she was at Udacity for eight hours a day, four days a week)\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Review videos\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>Fix errors\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>Snycerski says she’s proud of her work, but the hours, criticism and politics have been tough.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I would continue teaching my course,” Snycerski says. “I wouldn’t make a new course. 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We’re not going to revert to what we used to be, we’re going to get better.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->While accreditation is crucial to keeping the doors of the institution open and ensuring access to higher education for anyone with a desire to learn, according to the Chancellor of California Community Colleges Brice Harris, just getting students in isn’t enough; they need to complete degrees in order for the colleges to be successful.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>According to Harris, 70 percent of students who arrive at community colleges prepared for college-level course work complete degrees. However, for those who are unprepared and require remedial instruction in either English or math—commensurate with 77 percent of California’s freshmen—the completion rate drops below 42 percent.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“The fact is, this is the product that is coming in the front door and we have to figure out a way to deal with that product,” Harris said. “As goes California’s community colleges, so goes American higher education and thus American competitiveness.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>American competitiveness has been stagnating on a global scale, says Harris, and it falls on our colleges to get the nation moving again.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We have to have more students going to college and have them succeeding at greater and greater rates,” he said. “We need to be getting bigger and better at the same time.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One impetus for momentum is doing a better job with remediation at community colleges, says Harris. Another is working to improve the product arriving at the front door.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“A decade ago, because of abuses of enrollment, legislators passed a law that negatively affects colleges. It’s time to get that undone, and to get community colleges back on high school campuses to offer these courses,” Harris said. “A lot of young people don’t see college in their future because they don’t think they’re college material. If we can get them in a college class and talk about financial aid, more will.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The state chancellor also touched on other strategies being implemented by the \u003ca href=\"http://californiacommunitycolleges.cccco.edu/Portals/0/DocDownloads/PressReleases/SEP2012/PRESS_RELEASE_SB1456StudentSuccessActSigned_FINAL_092712.pdf\">Student Success Act of 2012\u003c/a> to improve student success, including tying the Board of Governors Fee Waiver to academic performance, common assessments across the state system, mandatory student orientation and educational planning, encouraging full-time attendance and improving instruction in basic skills, especially for African-American and Latino males.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Improving student success means those numbers have to actually move,” Harris said. “If we haven’t seen those performance gaps close, we have failed. 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But with the statewide passage of Proposition 30 and the Measure B parcel tax locally, California’s community colleges will add classes for 40,000 new students this year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Many of the new classes will be available at Oakland’s own Laney College when classes begin Aug. 19, including instruction in \u003ca href=\"http://web.peralta.edu/blog/2013/08/09/legal-and-community-interpreting-program-fall-2013-enroll-today/\">legal and community interpreting\u003c/a> and \u003ca href=\"http://www.laney.edu/wp/jeffrey-heyman/journalism-65-enroll-now/\">social media for journalists\u003c/a>.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Success and access are competing core values when you don’t have enough money, but it’s up to us to figure out how to get those working in parallel,” Harris concluded. “Our job is to educate more students and make them more successful than they’ve been in the past.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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The strict warning came in response to a letter filed by faculty union leaders at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to that complaint, the DOE listed these areas in which the commission violated the federal agency's criteria for recognition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The accrediting commission did not have enough academics on the CCSF evaluation team.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A potential conflict of interest existed in the team's inclusion of the spouse of the accrediting commission's president.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The accrediting commission did not provide \"adequate due process\" to CCSF when it characterized its complaints in a 2012 report as recommendations. \"By using the term recommendation to mean both noncompliance with standards and areas for improvement,\" the DOE letter reads, \"the agency does not meet the regulatory requirement to provide a detailed written report that clearly identifies any deficiencies in the institution's compliance with the agency's standards.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The commission allowed CCSF to be out of compliance for more than two years.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->The DOE said that the accreditation commission \"must take immediate steps to correct the areas of non-compliance identified in this letter.\" However, it's unclear if the cited errors will have any impact on the commission's decision to terminate CCSF's accreditation, should the school be unable to correct the identified deficiencies by the July, 2014 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>The California Federation of Teachers says it's looking into the possibility of legal action.\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Press_Release_Response_to_USDE_Letter_August_13_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a> yesterday, the Accrediting Commission said it was \"disappointed\" that the DOE found it to be out of compliance in the four areas cited and that it would formally respond in December. It also defended itself against the DOE's complaint about the dearth of academics on the CCSF evaluation panel, saying there were three, not one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accrediting Commission president Barbara Beno told KQED's Ana Tintocalis yesterday that she took issue with the DOE's letter, and called on the federal government to review its own rules before taking any action against the commission. \"We think they have a new interpretation of the regulations that's never been in print,\" she said. \"So that's one of those surprises, I'd say, for sure.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beno downplayed any effect the DOE letter would have, saying that it's not uncommon for the federal government to find problems with commissions like hers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a conference call today, Josh Pechthalt, president of the California Federation of Teachers, said the union was looking into the possibility of legal action. \"I think it's a little premature to say we're going to sue. But certainly the findings by the Department of Education suggest in a very powerful way that the decision on City College of San Francisco just cannot stand.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Back to school\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, students at CCSF are heading to school today to start what could be the college’s last year as an accredited institution. State law prohibits funding unaccredited institutions, so most observers expect the school to close, should it not be able to come into compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since last year, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/25/104635/ccsf-accreditation\">enrollment is down\u003c/a> and a record number of faculty members have left. Students and instructors who have held on are doing their best to adapt to their uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todd Brewer, a second-year student at City College, says time is of the essence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just makes you feel like you’re racing against the clock to get things done now,” he says. “I have not taken any of the math courses required. I’ve just been putting it off. Now I’m like, I have to get these done now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brewer says he’s been anxious about his classes since the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges announced last month it was erasing its stamp of approval.\u003c!--more--> If the appeal, or a review of the process, doesn’t reverse the decision by July, future students would no longer qualify for financial aid – and their credits would not transfer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is discouraging to other students who haven’t yet put their foot into taking classes, knowing they could start and not get to finish,” Brewer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College officials say enrollment has dropped by more than 25 percent in the past couple of years, in large part because of the accreditation crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student Danielle Ladd says, to her, it makes no sense to abandon the school now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to worry about something that hasn’t changed yet,” she says. “Let’s keep going to school here and hope for the best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106775\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/RS6130_CCSF-instructor-pic-scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106775\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/RS6130_CCSF-instructor-pic-scr-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Canlas, a part-time Asian American Studies instructor at City College, says the school's accreditation issues have been trying for faculty members. 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Dozens of part-time instructors also left, she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Melissa Canlas, a part-time Asian American Studies instructor who teaches three classes at the school, says the accreditation process has been excruciating for faculty.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“We don’t, as faculty, have authority over the decision-making, the administrative things that were in the accreditation report,” Canlas says. “Almost none of the findings had to do with the quality of teaching. So the fact that we could be having a conversation about potentially closing our school, when that conversation has so little focus on the actual teaching and learning that’s going on in the classroom, has been really challenging to try and understand.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Canlas says her biggest frustration with the accreditation issue, though, is the potential harm it could do to students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“There are tens of thousands of students who might not have a place to go next year,” she says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>One thing that keeps her from getting too discouraged is the outpouring of community support. San Francisco Mayor Ed Lee, the state community college chancellor, and some legislators have thrown their weight behind keeping the college open.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In the meantime, instructors and students are doing their best to focus on getting the school year off to a good start.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cem>Here is the DOE letter to the commission\u003c/em>:\u003c/p>\n\u003cp style=\"margin: 12px auto 6px auto;font-family: Helvetica,Arial,Sans-serif;font-style: normal;font-variant: normal;font-weight: normal;font-size: 14px;line-height: normal\">\u003ca title=\"View DOE threatens recognition of accreditation group on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/160108074/DOE-threatens-recognition-of-accreditation-group\">DOE threatens recognition of accreditation group\u003c/a> by \u003ca title=\"View KQED News's profile on Scribd\" href=\"http://www.scribd.com/KQED_News\">KQED News\u003c/a>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad floatright]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003ciframe src=\"http://www.scribd.com/embeds/160108074/content?start_page=1&view_mode=scroll&access_key=key-27ul1dhjzmd1qcwgt3so&show_recommendations=true\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" width=\"100%\" height=\"600\">\u003c/iframe>\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cdiv class=\"post-body\">\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"The Department does not have the authority to reverse any decision made by an accrediting agency,\" Glickman said.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The DOE also seemed to buttress the assertion of AACJC President Barbara Beno that it's not uncommon for the federal government to find problems with commissions like hers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"It is not unusual for us to find areas of non-compliance with some of the Secretary's Criteria for Recognition through investigation of a complaint and through our reviews of agencies for renewal of recognition,\" she wrote. \"We did so within the last several months. Most often the agencies are able to come into compliance within the timeframe allowed.\" \u003c!--more-->\u003cstrong> \u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Original post\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>The \u003ca href=\"http://www.sfexaminer.com/sanfrancisco/ccsfs-critics-get-a-dose-of-their-own-medicine/Content?oid=2545270\" target=\"_blank\">Examiner\u003c/a> had a pretty good headline this morning:\"CCSF's critics get a dose of their own medicine.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>And supporters of City College of San Francisco might be forgiven for experiencing just a titch of schadenfreude today. In a surprise move Tuesday, the U.S. Department of Education criticized the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges for not following certain federal rules in coming to its July decision to terminate CCSF's accreditation effective July 31, 2014.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>At the time, the accrediting commission cited slow progress by the school in correcting deficiencies that the commission had identified. The college says it will appeal the decision, and it remains open as a state-appointed trustee scrambles to fix the problems the commission identified – from shaky finances to governance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But yesterday the department \u003ca href=\"http://www.scribd.com/doc/160108074/DOE-threatens-recognition-of-accreditation-group\" target=\"_blank\">cited the commission\u003c/a> itself as out of compliance. The strict warning came in response to a letter filed by faculty union leaders at the school.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In response to that complaint, the DOE listed these areas in which the commission violated the federal agency's criteria for recognition.\u003c/p>\n\u003cul>\n\u003cli>The accrediting commission did not have enough academics on the CCSF evaluation team.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>A potential conflict of interest existed in the team's inclusion of the spouse of the accrediting commission's president.\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The accrediting commission did not provide \"adequate due process\" to CCSF when it characterized its complaints in a 2012 report as recommendations. \"By using the term recommendation to mean both noncompliance with standards and areas for improvement,\" the DOE letter reads, \"the agency does not meet the regulatory requirement to provide a detailed written report that clearly identifies any deficiencies in the institution's compliance with the agency's standards.\"\u003c/li>\n\u003cli>The commission allowed CCSF to be out of compliance for more than two years.\u003c/li>\n\u003c/ul>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->The DOE said that the accreditation commission \"must take immediate steps to correct the areas of non-compliance identified in this letter.\" However, it's unclear if the cited errors will have any impact on the commission's decision to terminate CCSF's accreditation, should the school be unable to correct the identified deficiencies by the July, 2014 deadline.\u003c/p>\n\u003caside class=\"pullquote alignleft\">\u003cstrong>The California Federation of Teachers says it's looking into the possibility of legal action.\u003c/strong>\u003c/aside>\n\u003cp>In a \u003ca href=\"http://www.accjc.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Press_Release_Response_to_USDE_Letter_August_13_2013.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">statement\u003c/a> yesterday, the Accrediting Commission said it was \"disappointed\" that the DOE found it to be out of compliance in the four areas cited and that it would formally respond in December. It also defended itself against the DOE's complaint about the dearth of academics on the CCSF evaluation panel, saying there were three, not one.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Accrediting Commission president Barbara Beno told KQED's Ana Tintocalis yesterday that she took issue with the DOE's letter, and called on the federal government to review its own rules before taking any action against the commission. \"We think they have a new interpretation of the regulations that's never been in print,\" she said. \"So that's one of those surprises, I'd say, for sure.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Beno downplayed any effect the DOE letter would have, saying that it's not uncommon for the federal government to find problems with commissions like hers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But in a conference call today, Josh Pechthalt, president of the California Federation of Teachers, said the union was looking into the possibility of legal action. \"I think it's a little premature to say we're going to sue. But certainly the findings by the Department of Education suggest in a very powerful way that the decision on City College of San Francisco just cannot stand.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Back to school\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Meanwhile, students at CCSF are heading to school today to start what could be the college’s last year as an accredited institution. State law prohibits funding unaccredited institutions, so most observers expect the school to close, should it not be able to come into compliance.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Since last year, \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/25/104635/ccsf-accreditation\">enrollment is down\u003c/a> and a record number of faculty members have left. Students and instructors who have held on are doing their best to adapt to their uncertain future.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Todd Brewer, a second-year student at City College, says time is of the essence.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It just makes you feel like you’re racing against the clock to get things done now,” he says. “I have not taken any of the math courses required. I’ve just been putting it off. Now I’m like, I have to get these done now.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Brewer says he’s been anxious about his classes since the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges announced last month it was erasing its stamp of approval.\u003c!--more--> If the appeal, or a review of the process, doesn’t reverse the decision by July, future students would no longer qualify for financial aid – and their credits would not transfer.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It is discouraging to other students who haven’t yet put their foot into taking classes, knowing they could start and not get to finish,” Brewer says.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College officials say enrollment has dropped by more than 25 percent in the past couple of years, in large part because of the accreditation crisis.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Student Danielle Ladd says, to her, it makes no sense to abandon the school now.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“I’m not going to worry about something that hasn’t changed yet,” she says. “Let’s keep going to school here and hope for the best.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106775\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/RS6130_CCSF-instructor-pic-scr.jpg\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106775\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/RS6130_CCSF-instructor-pic-scr-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Melissa Canlas, a part-time Asian American Studies instructor at City College, says the school's accreditation issues have been trying for faculty members. 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