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Starry Messenger

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20. I'm not sure.

Reply to KamaAina (Reply #17)

Thu Jul 4, 2013, 12:04 AM

Jul 2013

Mayor Lee hasn't been much of an ally, from what I recall. They'd still have to deal with accreditation though.

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SF City College to lose accreditation next year [View all] Starry Messenger Jul 2013 OP

Anything they can do during that year, besides appeal? KamaAina Jul 2013 #1

CFT and others have a lawsuit pending against the ACCJC. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #3

By the way, who do they appeal to? KamaAina Jul 2013 #5

The DOE Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #6

Say bye-bye, then KamaAina Jul 2013 #8

The DOE insisted that ACCJC respond to the complaint, actually. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #9

Would you really favor another conversion of governmental property to housing? AnotherMcIntosh Jul 2013 #13

I forgot this KamaAina Jul 2013 #15

After what I heard from a friend last month, I'm hoping our local CC will join in Hekate Jul 2013 #21

Are you in CA, Hekate? Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #23

Yes, I'm in California. Hekate Jul 2013 #24

I now work for the same CC I went to back in the day. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #25

Oh, it is a threat, all right Hekate Jul 2013 #26

They were serving the community. roody Jul 2013 #2

This is Michigan with palm trees KamaAina Jul 2013 #4

You should change "Michigan" to "Detroit". Psephos Jul 2013 #19

Other Michigan cities have been hijacked by Snyder KamaAina Jul 2013 #27

How The American University was Killed, in Five Easy Steps KamaAina Jul 2013 #7

Privatized charter college in 3... 2... 1... KamaAina Jul 2013 #10

Ridiculous. ForgoTheConsequence Jul 2013 #11

I know. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #12

More phony "Race to the Top" shenanigans, I bet. blkmusclmachine Jul 2013 #14

RTTP only applies to K-12, BUT KamaAina Jul 2013 #16

The assessment tool under question in this case, the "SLO", actually made its appearance around 2006 Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #18

Is there a way to convert it into a truly city-run entity? KamaAina Jul 2013 #17

I'm not sure. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #20

See #28 below KamaAina Jul 2013 #29

I don't think that's possible. The overhead costs are larger than the average city can afford. Hekate Jul 2013 #22

True, but four-year colleges are accredited by a different agency KamaAina Jul 2013 #28

I think ACCJC is a part of WASC. Starry Messenger Jul 2013 #32

Oh, goddess, you're right. KamaAina Jul 2013 #33

(sigh) Failing that, break it up into a few smaller schools? KamaAina Jul 2013 #35

As Edith Bunker would say, "Oooooooh! Ooooh! OOOOOOhhhhhh!" KamaAina Jul 2013 #30

The numbers skyrocketed after Ahh-nuld gutteed the K-12 system. Igel Jul 2013 #31

None of this bilge addresses how the decline in high school education has affected CCs. KamaAina Jul 2013 #34

Who killed City College? KamaAina Jul 2013 #36

wasn't this an isssue melm00se Jul 2013 #37