History
City College first opened in August 1935 as San Francisco Junior College. In February 1948, the name was changed to City College of San Francisco. It consists of eleven campuses; the Ocean campus is being the primary. CCSF is the largest junior and community college and the second largest collegiate institution overall in the US.
In 2012, the college experienced significant public turmoil. In July of 2012, the college's regional accreditor gave the college eight months to prove it should remain accredited and ordered it to "make preparations for closure." Two months later and in the wake of a financial audit that found that the college was nearly bankrupt, the state chancellor's office warned that a special trustee would be appointed to oversee the institution's finances if the college did not voluntarily invite one; the board of trustees voted to invite a special trustee, despite student protests and objection. A report issued by California's Fiscal Crisis & Management Assistance team in September of 2012 found the institution to be in a "perilous financial position" caused largely by "poor decisions and a lack of accountability.
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