Orange Coast College - Remove Warning and Reaffirm Accreditation

Orange Coast College - Remove Warning and Reaffirm Accreditation

The July 3, 2014 letter from Beno to Orange Coast College stated that “The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, at its meeting June 4-6, 2014, reviewed the Follow-Up Report submitted by Orange Coast College and the Report of the Evaluation Team that visited Tuesday, April 8-Wednesday, April 9, 2014. The Commission took action to remove Warning and reaffirm accreditation with a requirement that the College submit a Follow-Up Report by March 15, 2015. The Follow-Up Report should demonstrate that the College has addressed District Recommendation 2, resolved the deficiencies, and meets Standards. These findings of deficiencies and team recommendations were made in 2013.”

Coastline Community College - Remove Warning and Reaffirm Accreditation

Coastline Community College received basically the same letter as that to its sister college of Orange Coast College.

Evergreen Valley College - Probation

The July 3, 2014 letter from Beno to the college stated: “The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, at its meeting June 4-6, 2014, reviewed the Follow-Up Report submitted by Evergreen Valley College. The Follow-Up Report was certified by district and college leadership, including the president of the governing board, the chancellor, the college president, and leaders of the faculty, staff, and student organizations.
The Commission took action to impose Probation and require the College to submit a Follow-Up Report by March 15, 2015. The Report will be followed by a visit by Commission representatives.”
“The Report should provide evidence that Standard III.A.1.c and Eligibility Requirement 21 are met. The Commission notes that 2010 Recommendation 2 required the College to come into compliance with Standard III.A.1.c; however, the district and the institution only began to partially address compliance with this Standard in Spring, 2014 by planning to implement a three-year pilot program. For this reason, the College is also out of compliance with Eligibility Requirement 21.”
“Evergreen Valley College should have fully resolved the noted deficiency by fall 2012; however, reflecting the steps that have been completed, the institution's time to resolve this issue has been extended for good cause. This extension is for a limited period of time and may not be extended. The Commission expects that the college will fully address the recommendation, resolve the existing deficiency, and come into compliance with Eligibility Requirement 21 and Accreditation Standard III.A.1.c by March 2015.”
Accreditation Standard III.A.1.c referenced is from the previous version of the Standards, It reads “Faculty and others directly responsible for student progress toward achieving stated student learning outcomes have, as a component of their evaluation, effectiveness in producing those learning outcomes.”
This is a prime example of the Commission interfering with collective bargaining. It stands out as an example of the Commission using force to get a district to succumb to its version of what evaluation of faculty should include. It is also an example of how seriously ACCJC takes the heavily disputed value of the Student Learning Outcomes. SLO’s do not have the endorsement of the majority of the faculty in the state. It is thus necessary for ACCJC to use a heavy hand in order to get faculty to use this approach.

San Jose City College - Probation

The San Jose City College was essentially the same as its sister college Evergreen Valley College.

Cerritos College - Warning

The 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, the Report of the External Evaluation Team that visited Cerritos College March 3-6, 2014, and the presentation by College officials.

The Commission took action to issue Warning with the requirement that the College complete a Follow-Up Report by March 15, 2015 addressing the three recommendations noted below.”
“The Report will be followed by a visit of Commission representatives and should demonstrate that the College has addressed the recommendations, resolved the deficiencies, and now meets Standards.”
“The Commission found Cerritos College deficient in meeting the following Accreditation

Standards: II.A.2.f, IV.A.2.a, IV.A.3, IV.B.1.e, IV.B.1.f, IV.B.1.g.
Recommendation #2: Degree and Certificate Outcomes

In order to meet the standard, the team recommends the college establish program student learning outcomes for all degrees and certificates, assess student achievement of the program student learning outcomes, and use the results of the assessment to make improvements to the programs. (II.A.2.f)
Recommendation #3: Leadership and Governance

In order to meet the standard, the team recommends the members of the governing board demonstrate compliance with their policies on the appropriate roles of the Board and the Superintendent/President, the requirements of Standard IV, and adopted Board Policies 2410, 2040, 2510, 2200, 2430, Administrative Procedure 2410, and the Shared Governance Handbook. (IV.A.2.a, IV.A.3, IV.B.1.e)
Recommendation #4: Board Development

In order to meet the Standards, the Board should, through its behavior and actions, demonstrate compliance with Board policies and Accreditation Standards. (IV.B.1 .f, IV.B.1.g)
With regard to Recommendations 3 and 4 above, the Commission recognizes the achievements under the leadership of the new president; however, interference by the Board of Trustees' majority has placed the College in jeopardy. The district has provided numerous trainings for Board members, but their behavior remains unchanged. The behavior of the Board must align with Eligibility Requirements, Accreditation Standards, and Commission policies, and in accordance with its own policies and state laws.”
Once again we see the Commission interfering in the operation of the elected governing board. The question should not be whether the governing board is following the restricting policies of the Commission but rather whether the governing board is acting consistent with state laws. The Commission policies are contrary to the freedom of speech laws in this country.
“Cerritos College should fully resolve the noted deficiencies by March 2015.”
The Commission also made recommendations to “improve institutional effectiveness” - in other words, to go beyond the standards.
“Recommendation #1: Planning and Effectiveness

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends the college clearly demonstrate how assessment is utilized in the integrated planning and resource allocation cycle for human resources, information technology, and fiscal services to improve institutional effectiveness. (I.B.4)
Recommendation #5

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends each part of the integrated planning process cycle should be assessed and results should be analyzed to allow for continuous quality improvement of the integrated planning processes. (I.B.6)
Recommendation #6

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends that all student learning outcomes be made available to students and prospective students. (II.A.6)
Recommendation #7

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends the college reevaluate the number of assessments in Counseling per year in order to improve the timeliness of the SLO/AUO assessments and institutionalize a comparable campus-wide program planning and SLO/AUO assessment cycle for all areas of the college. (II.B.3, II.B.3.c, II.B.4)

Recommendation #8

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends that the college develop and implement an assessment plan that will measure the effectiveness of library resources and services in enhancing student achievement of identified learning outcomes. (II.C.1.a)
Recommendation #9

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends that the college develop a more formal structure to ensure that students are acquiring necessary information literacy. (II.C.1.b)
Recommendation #10

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends Human Resources evaluate all personnel evaluations systematically and at stated intervals based on existing, Board policy, procedures, and collective bargaining agreements. (III.A.1)
Recommendation #11

In order to increase effectiveness, the team recommends securing all personnel records on a consistent basis and improving internal controls for access by employees and Human Resources personnel based on post-interview site assessment. (III.A.3.b)”
In other words, here is some busy work that the college should perform.
“During its institutional self evaluation, Cerritos College identified improvement plans for advancing its continuous improvement efforts. The Commission suggests that those plans for Improvement be taken into account as the College continues into the next accreditation cycle.”
Moral: Don’t identify future improvement plans if you don’t want to be sanctioned based on not fully fulfilling them.

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