CCSF News

Of course yesterday, when there were two big pieces about CCSF in San Francisco Chronicle following a full day of listserve messages on Thursday, I was focusing on the Power of Music.  But it's not too late to cite these articles.  The front page one "City sues to block college's closure" by Nanette Asimov reports on what the listserves were buzzing about (besides the design on the parking hangtags), City Attorney Dennis Herrera's suit against that ACCJC.  Herrera says "The commission acted improperly to withdraw accreditation from City Collee for having embraced a different vision" over the state's effors to downsize colleges.  He also faulted them for conflicts of interst and an "improper evaluation process."  There was also an editorial "Off target" showing a photo of Herrera making the announcement and basically saying that the lawsuit was an example of the approach "losing argument, change the subject."  The most egregious fault the Chronicle found was fiscal.  It called for "an overhaul of City College's ramshackle operations."

Meanwhile the faculty was helping Karen Saginor word our mission statement. 

And may I suggest one additional word:

“In the pursuit of their educational goals, students will learn critical thinking and information competency; effective communication skills; cultural, social, environmental, civic,  and global awareness; and personal and career development skills."  

Thanks-

Darlene

Darlene F. Alioto, Chair
Social Sciences Department and
President Department Chairperson Council (DCC)
City College of San Francisco
50 Phelan Ave., SF, CA 94112
415-239-3330   dalioto@ccsf.edu

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From: owner-eff@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us <owner-eff@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us> on behalf of Carol H Reitan <creitan@ccsf.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 6:08 PM
To: Karen Saginor; eff
Subject: EFF: RE: Please Read -- impact through quick actions

May I suggest the addition of one little word to Karen's excellent language - global

“In the pursuit of their educational goals, students will learn critical thinking and information competency; effective communication skills; cultural, social, environmental,  and global awareness; and personal and career development skills." 

Carol H. Reitan, Ph.D.
Chair, Foreign Languages Department
City College of San Francisco
50 Phelan Avenue, Box A-5
San Francisco, CA 94112

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From: owner-faculty@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us <owner-faculty@cloud.ccsf.cc.ca.us> on behalf of Karen Saginor <ksaginor@ccsf.edu>
Sent: Thursday, August 22, 2013 3:09 PM
To: faculty
Subject: Faculty: Please Read -- impact through quick actions

Dear Colleagues,

Please do two things that will have very real impact and take very little time.

1) Please respond to the Mission/Vision statement survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/RH3C8Z5  with the request that our Mission statement be changed to add this sentence in Question 3:

“In the pursuit of their educational goals, students will learn critical thinking and information competency; effective communication skills; cultural, social, and environmental awareness; and personal and career development skills."  - Rationale: this reflection of our Institutional SLOs will help CCSF be student-centered and more focused on student learning.

There is a very short turn-around time for this survey.

2) Please sign the Faculty Statement of Support for Maintaining CCSF's Accreditation. http://tinyurl.com/n87pqsj and on Academic Senate home page.

These two quick actions have impact if almost everyone does them – that includes you!

 


Then there's this:

Dan Hayes and George Rush of the CCSF PE & Dance Department and is provided for signature to the faculty of City College of San Francisco -- August, 2013.

* Required

Top of Form

We, as members of the faculty of City College of San Francisco, are gravely concerned about the future and long-term viability of our College. At the same time the education and career goals of our students are of the utmost importance to us and we are fully committed to their academic success. Accordingly, we support the College in its effort to meet or exceed the standards required to maintain its accreditation as mandated for all Community and Junior Colleges.