Although I've been a strong union supporter at CCSF (and of unions generally), I think it's healthy that people are questioning union decisions, specifically its defiance of state guidelines--guidelines we should work on changing but can't really defy and still save our college (even in its downsize).
One of the most brilliant people expressing his view on what was the Electronic Faculty Forum (EFF) is Richard Baum. Here his brilliance doesn't shine because he's asking a question, and the answer is obvious! Here's what he sent out today:
Since 2017, Gohar Momjian has been a vice president of the ACCJC. On the ACCJC website, she is described "As Associate Vice Chancellor of Institutional Development, and Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) for City College of San Francisco from July 2012 until June 2015..."
In a deposition occurring on June 9, 2014, Momjian was asked the following question and gave the response below.
Q. Okay. So the AFT was a hindrance to City College coming into compliance with the accreditation standards; true?
Mr. Goldberg: Objection; leading.
The Witness: In my opinion, yes.
Momjian did not provide any explanation for this answer. I wrote to her asking that she inform us as to how “AFT was a hindrance to City College coming into compliance with accreditation standards.” She never responded.
Personally, I like people who respond and resent people who don't. But of course it's obvious that the AFT opposed CCSF's coming into compliance with the accreditation standards. I think it has even called the ACCJC a "rogue" organization.
