One Man's Mission to Save City College of San Francisco

Jim Carlton & Caroline Porter:

The fate of City College of San Francisco, one of the nation's largest community colleges, rests largely on the surgically repaired shoulder of a state-appointed trustee named Robert Agrella.

The 70-year-old former community-college president is in a race against time to slim down the bureaucratic behemoth with 80,000 students and 1,900 faculty before it implodes.

"In community colleges in general, we tried to be all things to all people," he said. "We cannot afford to do that any longer."

In July, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, said it plans to revoke the school's accreditation at the end of the school year, giving the college a year to prove that it can turn around or be shut down.

Posted by Jim Zellmer at November 25, 2013 12:27 AM
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