SFSU Budget Cuts Ignite Campus Protests, Threaten Transfer Pathways
"They know we have power, this is why we need to keep fighting," said Blanca Missé, an associate professor of French at San Francisco State University. April 17, 2025 (Kyra Young/The Guardsman)By...
View ArticleCity College’s Finances Looking ‘Stable,’ According to Moody’s Investors Service
By Ann Marie Galvanagalvan1@mail.ccsf.eduCity College’s financial outlook was upgraded from “negative” to “stable” after an evaluation from Moody’s Investors Service, an independent credit rating...
View ArticleSurvey For You: Are Your Classes Being Cut?
By Onyx Hunteronyxhunter@gmail.comOn Monday in front of Conlan Hall, a rally was held to protest cutting classes and the resulting layoff of 60 members of staff and faculty. In light of these claims we...
View ArticleFaculty, Staff and Students Protest Layoffs with Day of Action Rally at City...
With a crowd of more than 100 congregated in front of Conlan Hall, City College faculty, staff, students and labor allies came out in a show of solidarity for the AFT 2121 Day of Action rally to...
View ArticleClassified Staff Bear Brunt of City College Layoff Notices
By Emily MargarettenMargarettenE@gmail.comCity College administration sent out 42 pink slips to classified staff employees on Nov. 2, setting up a showdown with the Service Employees International...
View ArticleSalary Cuts Buy Time for Fiscal Solution
By Annette Mullaneyannette.mullaney@gmail.comA last-minute deal between City College administrators and faculty union AFT2121 in early May averted layoffs of 163 full-time positions, hundreds of...
View ArticleArt Instructor Questions Her Pink Slip
By Erin Blackwelleb.guardsman@outlook.comArt department Chair Anna Asabedo retires at the end of spring semester, and Amy Diaz-Infante was poised to run the Ocean Campus printmaking shop — until March...
View ArticleBudget Deficit’s Impact on Equity
By Annette Mullaneyannette.mullaney@gmail.comCuts to staff and classes may increase demands on City College’s counseling services and retention programs that largely serve underrepresented students,...
View ArticleCalifornia's Boiling Point: The Cost of Covid-19
Angela Grecoangelgelly11@gmail.comGovernor Gavin Newsom’s latest state budget proposal of $227 billion is one of the largest California has ever seen. But when these proposal charts are broken down,...
View ArticleESL Department Works to Increase Program Enrollment Amidst Steep Budget Cuts
By Seamus Geoghegangeogheganspg@gmail.comCollaborator to The GuardsmanAfter budget cuts were announced in the Spring 2020 semester, the English as a Second Language (ESL) department continues to fight...
View ArticleMetal Arts Program Reborn Despite Cuts, Pandemic
By Tobin Jonestobinjones@protonmail.comThe petals, stem, and stamen of a wildflower, rendered painstakingly in bronze. A jarringly convincing pair of human lips cast in silver. Perusing the myriad...
View ArticleStudent Activist Groups Coming for City Supervisors
Olivia Lewmanolewman@gmail.comSpeakers of various backgrounds and age categories, like Mariposa with their daughter, have a platform to express themselves and to voice their opinions. San Francisco,...
View ArticleUp a creek and without transparency
By Elena StuartBetween budget cuts, free tuition and the potential of an armed campus police- the City College community finds itself in a very confusing, or rather confused state.Many students appear...
View ArticleThe Fight for Fort Mason
By Elena StuartCity College administration has not been transparent about the possible closure of the Fort Mason campus next term, but faculty and students are fighting to keep their unique learning...
View ArticleDiversity Collaborative threatened by budget cuts
FILE - This Jan. 29, 2014, file photo, shows City College students, faculty and their supporters at Conlan Hall protesting class cancellations. Photo by Santiago Mejia/The GuardsmanBy Mary...
View ArticleSFSU Budget Cuts Ignite Campus Protests, Threaten Transfer Pathways
Protesters called for increased public funding and defended academic freedom, emphasizing that the fate of City College students is closely tied to the health of the CSU system The post SFSU Budget...
View ArticleCity College’s Finances Looking ‘Stable,’ According to Moody’s Investors Service
The financial outlook rating from Moody’s is good news for City College’s upcoming accreditation assessment, according to trustees.
View ArticleSurvey For You: Are Your Classes Being Cut?
If anything unexpected has happened to your student schedule, those experiences are welcome, as well as those of any students who are in crowded ESL classes.
View ArticleFaculty, Staff and Students Protest Layoffs with Day of Action Rally at City...
The in-person rally, followed by a virtual press-conference attended by more than 400 people, featured lively call-and-response chants and testimonials from faculty, staff and students who addressed...
View ArticleClassified Staff Bear Brunt of City College Layoff Notices
City College sent out 42 pink slips to classified staff Nov. 2, even as they recruit replacement workers, a breach of faith denounced by SEIU 1021.
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