The InfamousFamous Accreditation Process

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The Infamous/Famous Accreditation Process!

• Lesley Kawaguchi, ASCCC
• Janet Fulks, ASCCC
• Dianna Chiabotti, ASCCC

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Accreditation, Self Studies and Program Review

• Or who is on warning now?

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A Quiz
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Which of the following is true of Accreditation?

• A. It is a means of monitoring colleges.
• B. It punishes colleges based upon audits.
• C. It compares colleges to best practices in
  education.
• D. It guarantees the quality of education to the
  federal government and the public.
• E. It grades and ranks colleges based on
  standards.

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Who participates in Accreditation processes?

• A. Faculty
• B. Administration
• C. Classified Staff
• D. Students
• E. All of the above

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Which of the following aspects of accreditation
have you participated in?

• A. Been a member of an accreditation subcommittee
• B. Represented student needs in accreditation
• C. Strategized a goal and game plan for
  accreditation
• D. Determined priorities for accreditation
• E. Advocated for a full student voice

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What does it mean if a college gets a negative
accreditation report?

• The college loses federal funding
• The college loses student financial aid
• The college loses the ability to transfer courses
• The college can no longer operate
• It depends on the negative report

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How many California community colleges are on
some form of sanction?

• None
• 5 (5-6 colleges)
• 10 (11 colleges)
• 20 (22 colleges)
• 50(55 colleges)

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What role do faculty play in the accreditation
report?

• Representation on committees
• Writing the report
• Validating the accuracy of the report to the
  student perspective
• Meeting with Accreditation team visitors
• All of the above

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What does accreditation look at?

• Standard 1 Institutional Effectiveness
• Standard 2 Student Learning Outcomes
• Instruction
• B. Student Services
• C. Library
• Standard 3 Resources (human, fiscal, physical,
  technology)
• Standard 4 - Governance

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What happens when accreditation works?

• Every constituency is involved
• The college does a rigorous and honest self
  evaluation
• Processes are evaluated for efficiency

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What happens when accreditation works?

• Courses and programs are reviewed for usefulness
  and currency
• Student Pathways are reviewed
• Budgeting and planning are examined

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What does accreditation look at?

• Standard 1 Institutional Effectiveness
• Standard 2 Student Learning Outcomes
• Instruction
• B. Student Services
• C. Library
• Standard 3 Resources (human, fiscal, physical,
  technology)
• Standard 4 - Governance

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The report for each section includes

• Self Evaluation
• Data (refer to specific data in text and include
  in evidence files online and hard copy)
• Evidence that data is used in decision making and
  planning
• Action Plan

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Who makes accreditation happen?

• Existing committees are the most knowledgeable,
  have the history, know the status and can carry
  out the action plans.
• Existing committees can plan an evaluation of the
  process and carry it out.

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What existing committees should be on this
portion of the accreditation report?

• Standard 1 Institutional Effectiveness

Research Program Review Senate SLO
committee Department or Division Chairs
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Using Existing Committees

• Standard 2 A - Instruction

Curriculum SLO Program Review
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Using Existing Committees

• Standard 2 B - Counseling

Curriculum SLO Program Review Counseling
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Using Existing Committees

• Standard 2 C - Library

Curriculum SLO Program Review Library
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Using Existing Committees

• Standard 3

• Facilities
• Maintenance
• IT committee
• Budgeting Committee
• HR committees Equal Opportunity etc.

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Using Existing Committees

• Standard 4 - Governance

• Highest governance council or committee
• Senate
• Student and classified leadership
• Unions
• District governance committees

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Why are colleges placed on sanctions?

• Program review problems
• Institutional effectiveness problems
• Governance problems

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Does Anyone Have a Successful Program Review
Process?

• Characteristics of successful program review look
  like successful governance budgeting peer
  reviewed improvement

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Program Review Paper

• Structure
• Data
• Program Variety
• Evaluation of Program Review Process

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How does your college define programs?

• Is there anything you need to do differently with
  program review to reach the sustainable level on
  the ACCJC Rubric for Program Review?
• Is there anything you need to do differently with
  program review to reach proficiency on the ACCJC
  Rubric for SLOs?

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Stories from a college on sanction

• Lassen Compton
• Stories from other colleges

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Resources

• www.accjc.org