In the last two years, Berkeley City College has cut 150 course sections and 27 full-time equivalent faculty positions, as community colleges in Alameda County and across the country face sharp enrollment declines. While the number of students at Berkeley City College — and at the countywide Peralta Community Colleges District — remained relatively constant during the pandemic, the number of “full-time equivalent students,” a number that reflects how many students are taking a full course load of 15 credits each semester, plummeted in the last two years. There were 2,620 full-time equivalent students at BCC this year, compared with 3,691 in 2019-20.
