City College of San Francisco Seeks Donors to Sponsor Courses
The City College of San Francisco will face a cut of 800 courses this year — unless it finds donors to sponsor them.
For ,000, sponsors can save one of the classes, which each meet three times a week for a 17.5-week semester, for about 30 students. If the sponsor designates the money for a specific course, its title would be changed to include the donor’s name.
The list of canceled classes spans disciplines, from elementary French and introductory accounting, to beginning piano and advanced kung fu.
California lawmakers announced they will cut about 0-million from the entire California Community College system — the largest community-college system in the country — over the next two years. For the San Francisco community college, that means drastically reducing its 9,800 course offerings, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.
The budget cuts also mean hundreds of students may be blocked from enrolling because of reduced class space and need-based subsidies, which help many students pay for the books, travel, and food necessary to attend college.
“These cuts will really hurt the mission of the college,” Chancellor Don Griffin told the San Francisco Chronicle. “Our goal has been to try to keep the access.” —Erica R. Hendry
news by Chronicle of Higher Education / chronicle.com