Dive Brief:
- A former community-college president named Robert Agrella is trying to shrink and save City College of San Francisco.
- Agrella has instituted a de facto hiring freeze on many faculty positions, named a new chancellor and canceled a $120 million performing arts building.
- The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges gave the school until summer to turn itself around or be closed.
Dive Insight:
In one interesting wrinkle, the accrediting commission itself is being reviewed by the U.S. Department of Education. Earlier this fall, faculty at the school sued to keep it open. If the worst happens, school administrators have a plan: They issued a report detailing what would happen if the college shut down.