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City College will have outside help with accreditation crisis

The board of City College of San Francisco will ask for a special trustee to help it comply with the 14 conditions that it must implement to make sure the school keeps its accreditation. Read More

Community colleges brace for worst

State community college officials are hoping to save their system from devastating cuts with the passage of Proposition 30 this November. But if the measure fails, they’re unsure whether tuition will increase. Read More

Budget cuts at CCSF leave some students in the lurch

The surprise loss of $3.6 million in funding has forced City College of San Francisco officials to cancel nearly 100 classes mid-semester and furlough some employees for up to 15 days. Read More

Alabama mayor refuses mobile homes for tornado-stricken residents

Mayor Jack Scott of Cordova, Ala., seems determined to keep his tornado-devastated town 35 miles outside Birmingham free of mobile homes. He is refusing to waive a local ban on single-wide trailers, which means homeless residents can’t stay in temporary mobile homes delivered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Two twisters hit Cordova on April 27, killing four people and cutting a half-mile-wide swath of destruction through the blue-collar, 2,000-population town. Read More
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