Amplifying Voices

A FACCC Podcast 

Episode 20 | Rethinking Reform: Equity, Neoliberalism, and the Future of Community Colleges

Host Ryan Tripp speaks with Milton E. Clarke, author of The Community College Reform Movement: Contentions and Ideological Origins, about how today's reform agenda, rooted in acceleration, completion, and performance metrics, often overlooks the lived realities of students and faculty. Clarke reflects on the limits of market-driven policy and the need for structural investment in public education:

“You're still throwing students into a credit bearing class when they're not ready to do it, or they don't have the support, and that would be one of my biggest complaints.”

For those asking the tough questions about the future of community colleges, this conversation might be worth your time.

 Organize Your Own Advocacy Day

Hey FACCC members, are you interested in speaking directly with legislators about the issues that matter most to community college faculty and students? FACCC can help you organize your own advocacy day at the Capitol Annex Swing Space.

Recently, FACCC Vice President Sarah Thompson and her colleagues from Las Positas College spent their day at the Capitol Annex Swing Space, advocating for improvements to the Student Centered Funding Formula and pushing for meaningful change across California's community colleges.

If you’d like to arrange your own advocacy day, please contact:
Executive Director, Stephanie Goldman - [email protected].