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INTRODUCTION | HISTORY
The outcome of these changes has been a
steady increase of nearly 50 percent in alternative
revenues through scholarships and other
funds raised by the Foundation and through
competitive grants (comparing 1998-99 to
2003-04) from $19,233,962 to $28,682,390.
In September 2005, the Board of Trustees
approved the Chancellor’s recommendation
to establish a Division of Institutional
Advancement led by a Vice Chancellor. This
is a major step to bolster the College’s efforts
to expand its resource base. The new division
will integrate the College’s Office of Research,
Planning and Grants with the Office of College
Development as well as the CCSF Foundation
guided by the College’s Advancement Plan.
New Facilities &
Infrastructure Upgrades
• A successful bond initiative in 2001 earned the
approval of 73 percent of San Francisco voters,
earmarking $195 million for facilities over the
next decade. This initiative was followed by a
second phase for $246 million which passed
in Fall 2005 with the approval of 64 percent
of San Francisco voters.
• The bond initiatives of 1997 and 2001 allowed
the College to embark on a major period of
technological development and growth.
During this period, the College engaged in a
number of technology-related improvements,
including the installation of a new VoIP
phone system, a computer rollout through
which faculty and staff received new or
upgraded computers, and upgrades to the
College’s enterprise database system, among
others as detailed in the Self Study Report.
• In addition to critical maintenance and repair
work needed at multiple sites across the
District, local support for the 2001 initiative
enabled the College to begin the planning for
and/or construction of new campus facilities,
including the Mission and Chinatown/North
Beach Campuses, the Community Health and
Wellness Center, a Student Health Services
Center, a Child Development Center. A
Performing Arts Education Center, Advanced
Technology Building, joint-use classroom
building with San Francisco State University,
Student Development Center, and the second
phase of the technology network and campus
connectivity project are in the design stage.
Changes Promoting Student Success
• Immediately after the 2000 accreditation
ended, City College of San Francisco embarked
upon its own self study, titled “The Enhanced
Self-Study” across five broad areas of CCSF
programs and services: Pre-registration and
Matriculation; Pre-Collegiate Learning;
College-Level Learning; Enrollment
Management Tools; and Student Outcomes.
Its focus was on student success. More than
170 faculty, staff, administrators, and students
participated in this one-year process, which
resulted in 38 recommendations.
• In 2002, CCSF launched a Basic Skills
Initiative to address the findings that a large
percentage of new, first-time students place
into pre-collegiate basic skills courses and
often struggle to succeed in these courses.
A variety of grant funds, including a Title III
grant from the U.S. Department of Education,
a grant from the Koret Foundation, and a
grant from the Carnegie and Hewlett
Foundations, have supported this effort (see
the Theme I essay for more details). Guiding
this effort is the Basic Skills Subcommittee,
which began meeting in Fall 2003 to (1)
address the CCSF Strategic Plan Priority
focusing on Basic Skills; (2) read and discuss
articles on basic skills and “best practices” at
other community colleges, with the goal of
forming recommendations for CCSF; and (3)
address CCSF’s Enhanced Self-Study
recommendations for Basic Skills.
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