City College of San Francisco: 99% vs. corporate education reform

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http://www.peoplesworld.org/city-college-of-san-francisco-99-vs-corporate-education-reform/

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. - The California Federation of Teachers recently labeled the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) a "rogue college accreditation commission."

The teachers union and the Save CCSF (City College of San Francisco) coalition believe that the agency is following a corporate agenda in the fight over accreditation of the San Francisco college.

Business-oriented education reform is a familiar topic to those following trends in K-12 public education. Higher education has not been immune to similar trends, with corporate reformers laying out strategies which tend to embrace a more business-type model for colleges. Free-market think-tanks like the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) are working in parallel with funders such as the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the Lumina Foundation, increasingly gaining ground in crafting education policy.

Last year the ACCJC, the body that yanked the accreditation of CCSF this July, was one of the recipients of a $1 million Lumina Foundation grant.

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CCSF has one year left in its accreditation, and it's stressing me out that more people aren't worried about this school closing.

For more background, you can check out my earlier article about this: http://www.peoplesworld.org/city-college-of-san-francisco-redoubles-efforts-to-fight-closure/