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From KQED.

From KQED in San Francisco, I'm Alexis Madrigal.

City College is in trouble, and it has been for a long time.

Enrollment was gradually falling and then cratered during the pandemic and this recent hot job market.

But City College also has some structural problems to running big deficits for years.

San Francisco voters have generally been happy to back this place,

but there's a new parcel tax on the ballot that some city leaders and media organizations oppose.

So today, we talk City College and the broader ethos of community colleges across the state and country.

Because asking, what is a community college for?

Turns out to be a lot like asking, what is a community and who belongs in it.

That's all coming up next.

Welcome to Forum. I'm Alexis Madrigal. Community colleges are a stepping stone for so many people to jobs or further education. My dad went to one on his way to UCLA. My sister and I attended while in high school, really a life-changing experience for both of us.

City College in San Francisco has long been one of the biggest and most important community colleges in the state and country. But it's got serious problems, and the reasons for those problems

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