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Advocates say the college is at a crossroads, not only in the trial, but in deciding just who it's supposed to serve. Coach Rush's players are among myriad San Franciscans who find new purpose at City College, becoming nurses, aeronautical engineers, firefighters, citizens, biotechnicians, and child care practitioners. Every year that City College produces these graduates, it bolsters the city's economy to the tune of $300 million, according to the city's Budget & Legislative Analyst. They're the workers who make the Bay Area go.
Even if City College wins a reprieve, the commission may reshape the college into something unrecognizable. California has long enshrined into law who is entitled to a community college education in the state: everyone. Open access itself is now on trial, as the college and the commission fight over how to best use dwindling state funds.
And, as the trial winds down, some City College students may be left behind to give others a leg up.
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