Free City!

by Marcy Rein
Free City!
  • ISBN-13: 9781629638454
  • Author(s): Marcy Rein
  • Subject: History
  • Publisher: Pm Press
  • Imprint: Pm Press E Books
  • Publication Date: 25-02-2021
  • Format: Electronic book text

Availability: In stock

£5.99
Free City! The Fight for San Francisco's City College and Education for All tells the story of the five years of organizing that turned a seemingly hopeless defensive fight into a victory for the most progressive free college measure in the US. In 2012, the accreditor sanctioned City College of San Francisco, one of the biggest and best community colleges in the country, and a year later proposed terminating its accreditation, leading to a state takeover. Free City! follows the multipronged strategies of the campaign and the diverse characters that carried them out. Teachers, students, labor unions, community groups, public officials, and concerned individuals saved a treasured public institution as San Francisco s working-class communities of color battled the gentrification that was forcing them out of the city. And they pushed back against the national 'reform' agenda of corporate workforce training that drives students towards debt and sidelines lifelong learning and community ser
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Free City! The Fight for San Francisco's City College and Education for All tells the story of the five years of organizing that turned a seemingly hopeless defensive fight into a victory for the most progressive free college measure in the US. In 2012, the accreditor sanctioned City College of San Francisco, one of the biggest and best community colleges in the country, and a year later proposed terminating its accreditation, leading to a state takeover. Free City! follows the multipronged strategies of the campaign and the diverse characters that carried them out. Teachers, students, labor unions, community groups, public officials, and concerned individuals saved a treasured public institution as San Francisco s working-class communities of color battled the gentrification that was forcing them out of the city. And they pushed back against the national 'reform' agenda of corporate workforce training that drives students towards debt and sidelines lifelong learning and community ser

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