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Barstow Community College - Remove Warning and Reaffirm Accreditation
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Barstow Community College - Remove Warning and Reaffirm AccreditationThe June 3, 2014 letter from Beno stated that “The Accrediting Commission far Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, at its meeting June 4-6, 2014, reviewed the Follow-Up Report submitted by Barstow Community College and the report of the evaluation team that visited Tuesday, March 25-Wednesday, March 26, 2014. The Commission took action to remove Warning and reaffirm accreditation.” Barstow Community College provided evidence, and the team verified, that the College has addressed Recommendations 2 (distance education), 3 (student learning outcomes), 4 (planning), and 13 (dialogue on institutional effectiveness) as required in the Follow-Up Report. The College resolved the deficiencies, and has demonstrated that it now meets the associated Accreditation Standards (I.B, I.B.2-7, II.A.1.a-c, II.A.2.a, d, e, III.A.5.a, b, III.A.6, III.B, and III.D.3). The College also provided evidence, which the team verified, that it has satisfied the requirements of Recommendations 6 (review of board policies and procedures) and 9 (review of contracts) and meets Standards III.D.2f, IV.A and IV.B. I guess this is an example of a clean accreditation with no further demands. Ohlone College - Reaffirm AccreditationThe July 3, 2014 letter from Beno stated that “The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, at its meeting on June 4-6, 2014, reviewed the Institutional Self Evaluation Report and the Report of the External Evaluation Team that visited Ohlone College March 10-13, 2014. The Commission took action to reaffirm accreditation with the requirement that the College complete a Follow-Up Report to be submitted by March 15, 2015.” “Reaffirmation with a Follow-Up Report is granted when the institution is found to substantially meet or exceed the Eligibility Requirements, Accreditation Standards and Commission policies but has recommendations on a small number of issues of some urgency which should be addressed in a short period of time. The Report should demonstrate that the institution has addressed the recommendations noted below, resolved the deficiencies, and meets Accreditation Standards.” Another twist in what “accreditation” means. Under the title of “Need to Resolve Deficiencies” the letter states that the: “Commission found Ohlone College deficient in meeting the following Eligibility Requirement and Accreditation Standards: Eligibility Requirement 10; Standards I.B.1-6; II.A.1.c; II.A.2.a, b, f, g, h, i; II.A.5; II.A.6; II.B.1; II.B.3; II.B.3.a; II.B.3.c; II.B.3.d; II.B.3.e; II.B.4; III.A.1.c; and IV.B.2.” “Recommendation 1: In order to meet the standards, the team recommends that the College complete the process to develop institution-set standards for student learning and achievement and to use those standards to systematically improve student learning and achievement and learning within the College. (Standards I.B.1-6, II.A.1.c, II.A.2.a, b, f, g, h, i, II.A.5, 11.A.6, 1V .B.2, ER 10 — Student Learning and Achievement) Recommendation 2: In order to meet the standards, the team recommends the College develop and implement a data-driven plan to provide appropriate, comprehensive, and reliable support services to students regardless of service location or delivery method; and develop and implement program-level student achievement data that assures the quality of all student support services and demonstrates that these services support student learning and enhance the achievement of the mission of the institution. (Standard II.B.1, II.B.3, II.B.3.a, II.B.3.c, II.B.3.d, 11.13.3.e, II.B.4) Recommendation 3: In order to meet the standard, the team recommends that faculty and others directly responsible for student progress toward achieving stated learning outcomes include, as a component of their evaluation, effectiveness in producing those learning outcomes. (Standard III.A.1.c.)” “Ohlone College should fully resolve the noted deficiencies by March, 2015.” As in some other college letters in the past, Ohlone College is not only required to meet standards but actually move beyond the standards. As explained in the letter: “Recommendations have been made for Ohlone College to improve institutional effectiveness. Recommendations for improvement may be made to highlight areas for continuing or expanding excellent practices. Recommendations for improvement may also be made when an institution is currently in compliance with Standards, but additional levels of effort should be demonstrated in the future. In the Commission's experience, these recommendations may provide indicators of possible future noncompliance if left unattended by the institution. The College should plan to fully address all improvement recommendations in the Midterm Report.” On the basis of the Commission’s belief that they can see into the future, a college is thus forced to take extra efforts beyond what is required for the current satisfaction of standards. More busy work is thus piled on by the Commission. “Recommendation 4: In order to improve institutional effectiveness, the team recommends that the college develop and implement data-driven, systematic follow-up procedures that communicate quality assurance to the entire campus community on college planning, program review, unit planning and resource allocation processes. The team further recommends that the college include evaluation of these follow-up procedures as part of the annual evaluation of planning processes. (Standard I.B.4, I.B.6, I.B.7, III.A.6, III.B.2.a, III.B.2.B, III.C.2,III.D.4, IV.B.2.b) Recommendation 5: In order to improve institutional effectiveness, the team recommends that the cost of regularly replacing and updating library and learning resources be institutionalized in the College's budget rather than relying on one-time funding and/or donations. (Standard II.C.1) Recommendation 6: In order to improve institutional effectiveness, the team recommends the coordination of all tutorial services incorporating mandatory tutor training, faculty outreach and referral processes, tracking of sessions and an assessment of the effectiveness of the services. (Standard II.C.2) Recommendation 7: In order to improve institutional effectiveness, the team recommends that the College continue to work on implementing, the staffing, plan in order to ensure a sufficient number of full-time faculty to support all of the College's educational programs and services. 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