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"content": "\u003cp>City College of San Francisco officials on Monday submitted a formal request for review of a regional panel's decision to revoke the school's accreditation, but the request made no mention of recent criticism of the accreditors by the U.S. Department of Education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_102483\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-full wp-image-102483\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/07/citycollege.jpg\" alt=\"City College of San Francisco (Charla Bear/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">City College of San Francisco (Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges announced last month that City College's accreditation would end in July 2014 unless changes are made to the school's governance structure and finances.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>However, last week the Department of Education issued a letter finding fault with the ACCJC's accrediting process for City College, citing vague instructions for compliance, a lack of faculty members on evaluation teams and a possible conflict of interest between the commission's president and her husband, who was on an evaluation team.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Yet City College special trustee Robert Agrella said today that he decided not to include the federal criticism of the ACCJC in the school's request for review because he did not want City College to take an adversarial role against the commission.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"By doing that we would be attacking the commission,\" Agrella said. \"That's a call I made and we're sticking with it.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agrella, who was appointed last month by California Community Colleges chancellor Brice Harris to \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/08/16/107170/City-College-of-San-Francisco\" target=\"_blank\">oversee City College's fight to maintain accreditation\u003c/a>, expanded on his decision in an \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/about-city-college/marketing_publications/ccsf-publications-and-media/CCArchives/city_currents_2013/citycurrentsajuly25issue/message_from_the_special_trustee.html\" target=\"_blank\">open letter\u003c/a> posted on the school's website on Monday. \u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Agrella wrote, \"I strongly believe that the best path to maintaining CCSF's accreditation is to follow the Commission's rules, regulations, and directions and to continue to show substantial progress toward meeting the eligibility requirements and standards.\"\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>He wrote, \"If our review document joins the attack on the Commission, I believe that the review and appeals process will be unsuccessful. 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CCSF is the only school at risk of losing its accreditation.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enter Robert Agrella, the state-appointed trustee tapped to fix a myriad of financial and leadership issues plaguing CCSF. That position gives him sole power to make sweeping changes at an institution that serves as many as 85,000 students.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>If Agrella is successful, CCSF could become an example of how a community college can come back from the brink of closure. If not, the school will lose its accreditation by the end of this academic year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Some faculty members have questioned whether Agrella, a veteran college administrator and son of a cop, is the right man for the job. He’s been advising the college’s board of trustees for the past year on which reforms to take, without much success. Agrella says his plans haven’t worked because trustees and faculty leaders didn’t listen.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“What worries me is the magnitude of the task and getting people to work together,” Agrella says. “Some of those people will perhaps change their minds, some will not. And for those that (do) not, move on. Our agenda is too big and too important to be sidetracked by other agendas.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Agrella’s agenda includes everything from hiring an outside auditor to possibly closing campuses and training centers. He also has to develop a worst-case scenario if the school closes, spelling out where students could go to finish their education, and how the college would handle severance pay and pensions for more than 9,000 unemployed faculty and staff.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c!--more-->Meanwhile, faculty members and San Francisco city officials have accused the Accrediting Commission of Community and Junior Colleges of overstepping its authority. San Francisco supervisors recently challenged the commission’s methods. When Supervisor David Campos asked the group’s liaison, Gojar Momjian, what standards it follows in making its accreditation decision, Momjian replied, “I can’t answer that question.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">That lack of transparency frustrates CCSF faculty, such as counselor Li Lovett. Lovett says the commission has disregarded the fact that CCSF students transition into jobs and universities at a higher rate than students at other state community colleges. She says accreditors are grading schools based on strict administrative benchmarks.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Did it acknowledge that we’re a quality public institution?” Lovett asks rhetorically. “Yes. But it has started to focus and make the issues around finance and governance trump the issues of what we are doing for our students and what the importance of this community college is to the surrounding community.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Lovett might have a point. An investigation conducted by a Cal State Sacramento graduate student found the commission was sanctioning institutions at a rate that is excessive, compared with other regional commissions. Just this week federal education officials criticized the commission for being out of compliance in four key areas, citing an appearance of conflict of interest and too few faculty members on evaluation teams.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For its part, the commission’s chair, Sherrill Amador, says her group is simply upholding tough standards that keep colleges accountable.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">“If a college is going to collapse because they run out of money, then that’s the first thing you have to be concerned about,” Amador says. “Because you can’t deal with the educational issues if in fact you have such looming financial issues that you can’t continue to operate.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\">Agrella agrees with that analysis. Now he begins the work of uniting a faculty on behalf of tens of thousands of students. “This is not an issue of ‘Can Bob Agrella save City College?’, contrary to how it’s reported,” Agrella says. “This is an issue, ‘Can Bob Agrella work with the administrators, the faculty and the staff here to save City College?’ We’ve got to work collectively. We’ve got to work together.”\u003c/p>\n\n",
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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_106773\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\" style=\"max-width: 300px\">\u003cimg class=\"size-medium wp-image-106773 \" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/08/RS6129_CCSF-student-pic.JPG-alt_40-300x236.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Brewer, a second-year student at City College of San Francisco, waits to take a math placement test. He says the pressure is on to finish his classes with the school's accreditation on shaky ground. (Charla Bear/KQED)\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\">\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Todd Brewer, a second-year student at City College of San Francisco, waits to take a math placement test. He says the pressure is on to finish his classes with the school's accreditation on shaky ground. (Charla Bear/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>by Charla Bear and Jon Brooks\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\u003cstrong>Update 2:10 p.m.\u003c/strong>\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>For those City College of San Francisco supporters who were hoping for a reversal of a commission's decision to rescind CCSF's accreditation: Not so fast. Their optimism was based solely on a Department of Education finding that the commission did not comply with a handful of federal regulations.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>In an email to KQED's Alex Emslie, the Department of Education said it could not overturn the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges' decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>\"CCSF was unsuccessful in showing cause why its accreditation should not be removed,\" DOE spokesperson Jane Glickman wrote. \"The ACCJC voted to remove CCSF's accreditation, and CCSF is involved in the processes the ACCJC has established following such a decision. The Department's letter does not affect the decision directly; however, CCSF can and likely will appeal the AACJC decision, and the Department’s letter could become part of their appeal.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\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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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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"content": "\u003cfigure id=\"attachment_91439\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\" style=\"max-width: 640px\">\u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/03/14/protestors-demand-city-hall-help-fund-san-francisco-city-college/photo-8/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-91439\">\u003cimg class=\"size-large wp-image-91439\" src=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/wp-content/uploads/sites/10/2013/03/photo-1024x764.jpg\" alt=\"City College protest\" width=\"640\" height=\"477\">\u003c/a>\u003cfigcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Protestors recently marched on City Hall to urge officials to step in to help save the City College of San Francisco. (Deborah Svoboda/KQED)\u003c/figcaption>\u003c/figure>\n\u003cp>City College of San Francisco is facing a heavy loss of students following the \u003ca href=\"http://ww2.kqed.org/news/2013/07/03/city-college-accreditation/\">announcement early this month\u003c/a> that the school’s accreditation will be terminated next summer if a review and appeal don’t reverse the decision.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Enrollment is \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/content/dam/Organizational_Assets/Department/Research_Planning_Grants/EnrollmentManagement/DailyEnrollment_Fall2013_72313.pdf\">down 14.9 percent\u003c/a> compared to the same time last year, and with classes starting in just three weeks, instructors across the college are worried their sections will be cut.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“That’s a significant number, and we are doing everything that we can to get the word out that we’re open, accredited and registering,” said Jennifer Aries, a marketing consultant directing the school’s enrollment push.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Indeed, the words “OPEN” and “ACCREDITED” are showing up all over San Francisco, emblazoned on a bright red background next to a City College logo. The ads shout to “ENROLL NOW!” on the school’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu\">website\u003c/a>. They’re in newspapers, on fliers, radio, local cable, social media and even billboards, according to City College’s \u003ca href=\"http://www.ccsf.edu/NEW/en/about-city-college/marketing_publications/media.html\">marketing and public information department\u003c/a>.\u003c!--more-->\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>But the ad campaign hasn’t had much effect yet. The percentage of students lost between last year and this has hovered between 12 and 15 percent since enrollment opened on June 25, meaning the actual number of students lost is growing by the day. As of yesterday there were 3,414 fewer students enrolled compared to the same time last year.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>[ad fullwidth]\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some classes that are usually full by now have just a few students, said City College faculty union president Alisa Messer, who’s been fielding calls from panicked teachers.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“All over the campus, there are huge concerns,” she said. Messer and other faculty are desperately recruiting students themselves, quick to point out that City College’s accreditation crisis stems from governance, budgeting, student tracking and administrative issues, and not from quality of education.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Messer fears the enrollment drop could have long lasting impacts even if the school manages to overturn its loss of accreditation. She said enrollment was down 15 percent last year, too. City College shed close to 9,000 students between 2010 and 2012.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Not only are we losing students who had learned to count on City College of San Francisco and deserve to have access to that education, but at the same time, we’re losing long-term enrollment,” Messer said. “And what we’ve seen in other places that have had this sort of spiral begin around enrollment is that it’s very hard to get out.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>San Francisco officials are bracing for what a closed or drastically downsized City College would mean for the city. The Board of Supervisors Audit and Oversight Committee is holding a \u003ca href=\"http://sfbos.org/Modules/ShowDocument.aspx?documentid=46141\">hearing today\u003c/a> to discuss what city officials can do to help the college.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Some college faculty aren’t waiting for government support, though, and they’re taking the enrollment push into their own hands.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Latin American Studies Department Chair Edgar Torres said he just finished making fliers to post around campus advertising a class he’s worried may get cut. He said classes need to reach a 20-student benchmark before instruction begins to guarantee they will be offered.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“It’s a misunderstanding, because they’re fearful,” Torres said, adding he’s worried about reaching non-English speaking City College students. “They just see the headlines that we’re closing. Now convincing them that they should stay here is a longer battle.”\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Torres said cut classes will likely mean layoffs for part-time instructors.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>Other 2-year colleges are also seeing lower enrollment than last year, indicating not all of City College’s student shortfall is due to its accreditation troubles. The Peralta Community College District’s enrollment is down 7.5 percent from the same time last year, according to district spokesman Jeff Heyman.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>“Community colleges in general see lower enrollments when the economy is good and higher enrollments when the economy is bad,” he said, adding that Peralta expects its enrollment gap to shrink as the school’s fall outreach gets into full swing.\u003c/p>\n\u003cp>City College instructors aren’t as confident. 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