New CA Community College Accreditor Needed ... NOW!
Task force stated Friday that confidence is lost with current agency, and our state's 113 junior colleges deserve better.
A task force comprised of education experts released a report Friday concluding that the accreditor tasked with overseeing California’s 113 community colleges has lost the confidence of its member institutions and should be replaced.
The accreditation task force released the 2015 California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office Task Force Report on Accreditation, in which they recommended the chancellor and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges replace the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) and investigate all available avenues for establishing a new model for accreditation.
Among the issues with the ACCJC identified by the task force was the commission’s decision two years ago to revoke the accreditation of City College of San Francisco. In response, the City Attorney’s Office sued the accrediting commission resulting in the college remaining open and accredited today.
In recent years, other member institutions have raised consistent concerns about the accrediting commission, especially in areas related to transparency, collegiality and consistency, according to the report. The task force also found that the ACCJC issued an “inordinately high” number of sanctions from 2005 to 2015, compared to other accreditors.
The task force stated that further delays in resolving the issues with the ACCJC would have “adverse effects on our colleges, on our students, and on California’s economy and future and will prevent the timely development of the robust accreditation structure that other regions enjoy and that California lacks.”
The task force urged an evaluation of possible accrediting agents for the California New CA Community College Accreditor Needed ... NOW! | Rosemont, CA Patch:
