College’s Trustees Question Plan to Sell Course Naming Rights
June 23, 2009 | Read Time: 1 minute
City College of San Francisco trustees are putting on hold a proposal by the institution’s chancellor to sell naming rights in order to support courses scheduled to be lost to the budget ax, reports the San Francisco Chronicle.
Trustees said they did not learn of Chancellor Don Griffin’s idea until it was reported by the San Francisco Chronicle Monday and garnered national news-media attention. The seven-member board will discuss it at its scheduled meeting Thursday.
Facing an $8-million to $12-million cut in state funds, the community college plans to cancel 800 of its approximately 9,800 courses. Mr. Griffin said donors who gave $6,000 to the school’s foundation could save a specified class and have their name attached to it.
“Public education is not for sale, said Milton Marks, the board’s president: “If someone wants to give money, that’s great. But getting publicity or feel-good points shouldn’t be necessary.”
