Dive Brief:

• A trial set for October will determine whether the City College of San Francisco closes.
• The trial is expected to decide whether an accrediting commission was justified in its decision to revoke its seal of approval for the college as of July 31, which would shutter the college.
• The mayor of San Francisco and a California community college chancellor say the college needs more time to fix its extensive financial and management problems, while college officials say the accreditation issues have been addressed.

Dive Insight:

The college has not sent pink slips to full-time faculty members, which would be required by state law before March 15 if they were to be laid off, so City College leaders are apparently confident that the college will stay open, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. Hanging in the balance are 77,000 students, about 700 full-time instructors, and about 3,000 part-time staff. The issue to be decided in the Superior Court trial will be whether the accreditation commission properly conducted its 2012 evaluation of the college.