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BC's progress report is to be reviewed
ACCJC and WASC accepted a self-study that was produced by BC and would like to read of progress.
Katherine J. White
Issue date: 9/12/07 Section: News
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Maybe Bakersfield College can breathe a sigh of relief.
Maybe. However, BC is still subject to the accreditation process, and fresh recommendations have been put forward. According to BC President William Andrews, BC submitted to an obligatory self-study, which was rendered in an official written report.
This report was sent to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. BC's self-study report and the accreditation team's report of its Oct. 23-26, 2006 visit were both examined by WASC.
The Commission sent BC a letter Jan. 31, 2007 stating that the Commission reinstated BC's accreditation after delving into the report's contents. However, the reaffirmation came with the stipulation that BC draw up an official "Progress Report," to be issued to the Commission by Oct. 15, 2007. After receiving and examining this report, BC will be subject to another accreditation team visit in either November or December 2007.
"When the accreditation team comes, they will be validating our self study," Andrews said. Noted in Andrews' "Statement of Progress Report Preparation," which was included in the Aug. 23, 2007 drafted progress report to be submitted to WASC by Oct. 15, was mention of an ameliorated Commission letter sent to BC on March 22, 2007. This "corrected letter" included specific college recommendations not included in the Jan. 31 communique; the Jan. 31 letter contained only district-wide recommendations sans specific college recommendations. According to Andrews' written statement, the College Council has created committees to work on each recommendation; the committees began attacking the issues in late August.
"Stemming from the self study are 85 planning agendas," Andrews said.
The teams assigned to attack the recommendation issues and planning strategies include Andrews, Interim Vice Chancellor of Human Resources Victor Collins, Vice Chancellor of Education Services Greg Chamberlain, Chief Financial Officer Tom Burke, and many other administrators as well as many KCCD faculty and staff.
Maybe. However, BC is still subject to the accreditation process, and fresh recommendations have been put forward. According to BC President William Andrews, BC submitted to an obligatory self-study, which was rendered in an official written report.
This report was sent to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. BC's self-study report and the accreditation team's report of its Oct. 23-26, 2006 visit were both examined by WASC.
The Commission sent BC a letter Jan. 31, 2007 stating that the Commission reinstated BC's accreditation after delving into the report's contents. However, the reaffirmation came with the stipulation that BC draw up an official "Progress Report," to be issued to the Commission by Oct. 15, 2007. After receiving and examining this report, BC will be subject to another accreditation team visit in either November or December 2007.
"When the accreditation team comes, they will be validating our self study," Andrews said. Noted in Andrews' "Statement of Progress Report Preparation," which was included in the Aug. 23, 2007 drafted progress report to be submitted to WASC by Oct. 15, was mention of an ameliorated Commission letter sent to BC on March 22, 2007. This "corrected letter" included specific college recommendations not included in the Jan. 31 communique; the Jan. 31 letter contained only district-wide recommendations sans specific college recommendations. According to Andrews' written statement, the College Council has created committees to work on each recommendation; the committees began attacking the issues in late August.
"Stemming from the self study are 85 planning agendas," Andrews said.
The teams assigned to attack the recommendation issues and planning strategies include Andrews, Interim Vice Chancellor of Human Resources Victor Collins, Vice Chancellor of Education Services Greg Chamberlain, Chief Financial Officer Tom Burke, and many other administrators as well as many KCCD faculty and staff.
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