'Gut-Wrenching': City College of San Francisco Lays Off 38 Faculty, But More Cuts May Be on the Way [photos]

KQED ^ | 5/5/2022 | Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez

[simpson96]

City College of San Francisco's Board of Trustees finalized 38 faculty layoffs to address a looming budget deficit during a special meeting, Friday night. Another 12 faculty are retiring and won't be replaced.

But that may not be the full count of teachers dropped by the school: at least 150 part-timers may not be hired back to the college as part of a state mechanism that mandates part-timers not take the place of laid-off full time faculty, the teachers' union says.

And while those aren't technically layoffs themselves, those teachers will be out of a job all the same. Many have worked at the college for years, and for some, decades.

All week, faculty and student supporters tried to hold back the tidal wave of layoffs: on Sunday City College of San Francisco faculty marched for May Day, on Tuesday they camped in tents in front of their administration's offices, and on Thursday, 10 protesters were arrested after blocking a street.

[Steven Scharf]

and sent its enrollment into a spiral from which it never fully recovered

This is a simple explanation as to why you need less faculty and staff.

[Falconspeed]

“camped in tents in front of their administration’s offices.” Useless. Administrators are not interested faculty or students.

[Organic Panic]

They can work with all the fired pipeline workers at the John Kerry Solar Panel Concern.

[StAnDeliver]

"This is a simple explanation as to why you need less faculty and staff."

Yes, exactly. The smart play would have been for CCSF to seek merger in Sacramento with San Fran State or even Bezerkeley. Offload their operational debt while mantaining the treasure trove of tenure and C-suite salaries. They clearly have no game and deserve their fate. Schadenfreude.

[rxh4n1]

Dr. Raymond Stantz : Personally, I liked the university. They gave us money and facilities, we didn’t have to produce anything! You’ve never been out of college! You don’t know what it’s like out there! I’ve WORKED in the private sector. They expect *results*.

[Gaffer]

When I see T-shirts and jackets emblazoned with “AFT” on them I have absolutely no sympathy for the protesters. Were their academic expertise and teaching really effective and needed, they wouldn’t be facing unemployment.