The ruling allows City College to continue trying to repair the many administrative and financial deficiencies that put its accreditation in jeopardy in the first place. But it means that accreditation could not be revoked unless the commission won at trial. But Karnow’s ruling indicates he thinks Herrera would win at trial. The city’s suit says the commission allowed political bias and conflicts of interest to influence not only its decision to revoke the college’s accreditation next summer, but its entire evaluation of the college that began in March 2012. The suit alleges that the commission unfairly stacked its evaluation team with supporters of a statewide initiative called the Student Success Task Force that sought to limit college access for thousands of students whose academic goals did not include a degree or transfer to college. The commission’s president, Barbara Beno, also wrote letters to the state in support of the initiative, which became law. At the same time, City College students and faculty members were among the most outspoken critics of the idea.

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by Nanette Asimov, The San Francisco Chronicle.

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