CCSF Library: CCSF One College / One Book: 2021: Free City!

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AAUP (American Association of University Professors) book review
"Fighting for a College’s Survival," By Henry Reichman, Spring 2021
The Guardsman review
"Documenting City College’s Fight for Free City" by Shayna Gee. February 23, 2021
48hills review by Bill Shields
A comprehensive history tells the story of the struggle to preserve SF's City College -- and block the neo-liberal approach to education. By Bill Shields, March 8, 2021
CFT (California Federation of Teachers) review by Fred Glass
"The story of CFT’s epic campaign against the ACCJC," Reviewed by Fred Glass, May 25, 2021
The Long Struggle to Save City College of San Francisco
Book review by Peter Olney in Jacobin. May 2, 2021
The Monthly Review
Book review by Jody Sokolower, February 1, 2022.

Read a copy of Free City! online through the Library's ebook collection, or reserve a copy to pick up from the Rosenberg Library on the Ocean Campus.

Free City!: The Fight for San Francisco's City College and Education for All by Marcy Rein, Mickey Ellinger and Vicki Legion
Publication Date: 2021
Click on the title to access the ebook version of Free City! You'll need to log in with your RAM ID, and then click on EPUB Full Text on the left side of the screen.
The library has purchased a license so that everyone can read the ebook - no need to wait for someone else to finish! Our ebooks are designed to be read online, though you can save a PDF of a limited number of pages to read while you're offline.

Free City!: The Fight for San Francisco's City College and Education for All by Marcy Rein, Mickey Ellinger and Vicki Legion
Publication Date: 2021
Reserve a print copy of the book to pick up at the Rosenberg Library on the Ocean Campus.
Click on the title to link to the library's website, then click "Sign In" in the "Get it" section with your RAM ID to schedule a pick up time.

Community college accreditation on trial
A 2014 article from the California Federation of Teachers about the lawsuit against the ACCJC accrediting agency.
Limbo for CCSF and Its Accreditor
A 2014 article from Inside Higher Ed detailing the accreditation battle - and how Nancy Pelosi stepped in to help defend CCSF.
Who Guards the Guardians? National Implications of Accreditation at City College of San Francisco
From the peer-reviewed journal Community College Review, a broad look at community college accreditation, with CCSF as a case study.
CCSF Forum on Accreditation, 2013
20 minute video excerpt: Congresswomen Jackie Speier and Anna Eshoo, State Senator Jim Beall, and Assembly member Tom Ammiano held a town hall on November 7, 2013 at City College of San Francisco to receive information on the topic, "Is the Accrediting Process for California's Community Colleges Fair and Accountable?" Three hundred faculty, students, administrators, staff and other members of the community attended to listen and participate. The hearing focused on the destructive impact of the ACCJC on California colleges, faculty and students. The speakers also proposed solutions to handling the troubled agency, which in recent years has dramatically increased sanctions out of all proportion with other accrediting regions.
The Guardsman Online
Read back issues of CCSF student newspaper The Guardsman - student journalists reported on the issues and the facts as the accreditation fight was unfolding.