Assemblyman Ting, Education Advocates Demand Accreditation Process Reforms

Assemblyman Ting, Education Advocates Demand Accreditation Process Reforms

Legislators and education advocates today called for curbs on the powers of college accreditors, who they accused of targeting City College of San Francisco while…

City College Will Defend its Accreditation Following Court Injunction

City College Will Defend its Accreditation Following Court Injunction

The chancellor of City College of San Francisco said tonight that the college will take up the opportunity provided by a court injunction to seek…

CA Community College Board of Governors Ends Agency’s Exclusive Right to Accredit State’s Community Colleges

CA Community College Board of Governors Ends Agency’s Exclusive Right to Accredit State’s Community Colleges

The California Community College Board of Governors decided this week to open up competition for the accreditation of community colleges in California by removing language…

Unions Voice Concern Over City College’s Future After Restoration Status Granted by Accrediting Commission

Unions Voice Concern Over City College’s Future After Restoration Status Granted by Accrediting Commission

Unions and officials expressed concern today that City College of San Francisco’s future remains threatened despite an announcement by the Accrediting Commission for Community and…

New Complaints Filed Against Commission Overseeing College Accreditation

New Complaints Filed Against Commission Overseeing College Accreditation

A coalition working to preserve City College of San Francisco’s accreditation announced two new complaints Monday against the commission with authority to revoke that accreditation,…

Judge Hears Closing Arguments in City College Case, Will Rule in January

Judge Hears Closing Arguments in City College Case, Will Rule in January

A San Francisco Superior Court judge said today he will rule in January on whether to overturn a regional agency’s termination of accreditation for City…

Assemblymember Concerned That State Funds Earmarked for Education Will Go To CCSF Legal Fees

Assemblymember Concerned That State Funds Earmarked for Education Will Go To CCSF Legal Fees

Midway through the week-long trial of a lawsuit filed by San Francisco City Attorney Dennis Herrera against an accreditation commission that trying to disaccredit City…

City College Trial to Begin Next Month

City College Trial to Begin Next Month

A San Francisco Superior Court judge decided Friday that a lawsuit over whether City College of San Francisco wrongly faced the loss of its accreditation…

City Attorney, ACCJC Spar in Hearing of City College Lawsuit

City Attorney, ACCJC Spar in Hearing of City College Lawsuit

In a lawsuit that could go to trial next month, attorneys for San Francisco and a regional accrediting commission argued at a hearing today over…

Judge Allows City College Lawsuit to Continue Against Accrediting Commission

Judge Allows City College Lawsuit to Continue Against Accrediting Commission

A judge ruled this morning that a lawsuit filed on behalf of beleaguered City College of San Francisco against a regional accrediting commission can continue…

Commission That Revoked Accreditation to City College of SF Deemed Inconsistent in Audit

Commission That Revoked Accreditation to City College of SF Deemed Inconsistent in Audit

The commission that revoked City College of San Francisco’s accreditation last year has been inconsistent in sanctioning schools and applies sanctions at a higher rate…

Unions Allege That Body Seeking To De-Accredit CCSF Broke State And Federal Laws

Unions Allege That Body Seeking To De-Accredit CCSF Broke State And Federal Laws

A lawsuit was filed today by two teachers’ unions on behalf of City College of San Francisco seeking a court injunction to prevent the school…

State Legislators Demand Audit Of Commission That Revoked CCSF’s Accreditation

State Legislators Demand Audit Of Commission That Revoked CCSF’s Accreditation

The regional panel that decided last month to revoke the accreditation of City College of San Francisco effective next year is now under increased review…

CCSF Teachers Accuse Accrediting Commission Of Intimidation

CCSF Teachers Accuse Accrediting Commission Of Intimidation

City College of San Francisco’s teachers have filed a complaint against the accrediting commission that placed sanctions on the school last year, accusing the commission…