“The purposes of regional accreditation include encouraging institutions to improve academic quality, institutional effectiveness, and, ultimately, student success.”
ACCJC Website, May 2019
GCC began writing our Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER) last Spring. After two separate team trainings, the workgroups began their work at analyzing and proving how GCC meets the Standards. I want to thank the faculty and staff who have volunteered and continue to accomplish this work:
Standard I Mission, Academic Quality, & Effectiveness
Standard II.A Instructional Programs
Standard II.B Library & Learning Support
Standard II.C Student Services
Standard III.A Human Resources
Standard III.B Physical Resources
Standard III.C. Technology Resources
Standard III.D Financial Resources
Standard IV.A Decision Making Roles
Standard IV.B CEO
Standard IV.C Governing Board
As a reminder, the ACCJC has updated the process for how the accreditation validation takes place. The ISER is now due almost a full year before the visit; our due date is December 15, 2022. The ISER will be reviewed by the ACCJC Team the following Spring 2023, and they will deliver an initial report at that time. The report will consist of “CORE inquiries” and “areas of concern.” The report will be issued to the College in the Spring of 2023, almost a full semester prior to the evaluation visit. Those additional months (in between the initial report and the evaluation site visit) will provide the College ample time to address any inquiries and/or areas of concern and make corrections, if necessary, before the ACCJC Team arrives on site for the evaluation visit. Below is our current timeline:
| Timeline for Accreditation | |
|---|---|
| Spring 2021 | Workgroups were finalized, training, and writing drafts began |
| Fall 2021 | Workgroups continue their work on the Standards |
| Spring 2022 | Workgroups submit Standards to relevant Governance Committees for input |
| Summer 2022 | Final editing for entire ISER |
| Fall 2022 |
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| Dec 15 | Submit ISER to ACCJC |
| Spring 2023 | Team will submit CORE Inquiries & Areas of Concern to the College |
| Spr.-Fall 2023 | College to address CORE Inquiries & Areas of Concern |
| October 2023 | ACCJC Site Visit at GCC |
The process of accreditation is truly a campus-wide effort. Thank you, all, for your efforts to help make this go as smoothly as possible.
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