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June 26, 2014 California Bureau of State Audits (BSA) Report
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June 26, 2014 California Bureau of State Audits (BSA) ReportThe Legislatively requested State Auditor Report was issued in late June 2014. The auditor found that “The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (commission) was inconsistent in applying its accreditation process.” The report pointed out that CCSF accreditation was terminated “even though it could have given the college more time.” In contrast “It allowed 15 institutions to take two years to come into compliance and allowed another six institutions to take up to five years to reach compliance.” The Report also noted the commission’s lack of transparency and the fact that it “sanctions community colleges at a higher rate than the six other regional accreditors in the nation.” The State Auditor Report also noted that the California Community College Chancellor’s Office could do a better job of monitoring at-risk colleges and that an option does exist to allow community college the choice of more than one auditor. In the case of CCSF the Report pointed out that “In July 2013 the commission notified City College of San Francisco (CCSF) of its decision to terminate the college’s accreditation after the college had been on a show cause sanction for only one year, despite the opportunity to give the college more time. This action was inconsistent with the commission’s treatment of other institutions during our audit period. Between January 2009 and January 2014, 49 California community colleges both received and were able to address their sanctions from the commission. Fifteen of these institutions took the full two years that regulations allow, and the commission allowed six more institutions to take more than two years and up to five years to resolve their sanctions.” The State Auditor polled community college presidents, superintendents, and chancellors and found that 38% felt that the commission’s decision making process regarding accreditation was NOT appropriately transparent. The Report also noted that “Only two California community colleges of 14 that had members on the commission between January 2009 and January 2014 received a sanction during their respective commissioner’s tenure. Without open meetings, community colleges cannot be sure of the commission’s reasoning for its decisions and this could lead to public skepticism about the commission’s equity and consistency.” The Report also noted that the United States Department of Education “found that the commission was not ensuring adequate representation of faculty on its evaluation teams, noting that the commission had appointed just one faculty member to each of the teams that evaluated CCSF in March 2012 and April 2013, which consisted of eight and 16 individuals, respectively.” The ACCJC issues sanctions at a rate that greatly exceeds any other regional accreditation agency. The State Auditor confirmed that “the commission also sanctions its institutions at a much higher rate than do the other six regional accreditors. Between 2009 and 2013, the commission took 269 accreditation actions - which included reaffirming accreditation, sanctioning an institution for noncompliance, or acting to terminate accreditation - on its member institutions and issued 143 sanctions, a sanction rate of roughly 53 percent. By comparison the other six regional accreditors together had a sanction rate of just over 12 percent.” “The fact that the commission does not provide institutions with feedback on their self study that occurs before a comprehensive evaluation - a practice that some of the other regional accreditors engage in - may have an even greater impact on its high sanction rates because institutions do not have the opportunity to address any commission concerns before a comprehensive accreditation review from an evaluation team.” The ACCJC, in its usual manner, dismissed the auditors’ findings but provided no specific evidence to dispute any of the findings. New Commissioners - July 1, 2014Three new commissioners were added to replace outgoing commissioners Barry Russell, Patrick Tellei, and Sharon Whitehurst-Payne. The new commissioners included:
Gloria Romero
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