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Six Year Cycle
Self Study –
Institution
Evaluates
Attainment of
Standards
Peer
Review –
Evaluation
Team Visit
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Community and
Junior Colleges
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Source: adapted from http://www.chea.org/
Promotes
Institutional
Improvement
Certifies
Value and
Legitimacy of
Student
Award
Assures
Institutional
Quality to
Taxpayers
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Foothill College will continue its efforts to improve the assessment of its program reviews and the evaluation mechanisms used in improving instructional and non-instructional programs and services. … …
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The academic senate along with the Office of Instruction & Institutional Research will continue to support and enhance the program assessments and a more formalized assessment cycle will be in place by Spring Quarter 2012.
 Foothill College will continue to sustain the cycle of outcomes assessment and continuous quality improvement. This includes the creation of a research agenda to support the assessment of institutional learning outcomes and improved assessment of program review.
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Adopt a written ethics policy for all college and district employees.
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The campus will conduct a needs assessment in order to determine specific educational technology training needs. … ….
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Student Learning Outcomes
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… accelerate the assessment of program-level student learning outcomes, service area outcomes and administrative unit outcomes
Institutionalize Integrated Planning
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… institutionalize its new integrated planning model through a systematic cycle of evaluation, planning, resource allocation, implementation and re-evaluation
Comparable Support Services – Middlefield Campus
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… must ensure equitable access to all of its students by providing appropriate, comprehensive, and reliable student and learning support services regardless of location or delivery method
SLOs and Faculty Evaluation
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February 11, 2013 Letter from the Commission
The Accrediting Commission … reviewed the Follow-Up Report submitted by
Foothill College … . The purpose of this review was to assure that the recommendations made by the evaluation team were addressed by the institution, …
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Student Learning Outcomes
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New program review templates and rubrics (instruction, students services, administrative areas)
Institutionalize Integrated Planning
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Annual assessments completed
Comparable Support Services – Middlefield Campus
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Delivery of services reviewed, planning for new building at Onizuka
SLOs and Faculty Evaluation
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Contract language agreed to
And work continues …..
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Source: http://www.foothill.edu/president/parc/minutes/parc2013-14/parc100213/FHPlanningCalendar2011-18.pdf (Elaine Kuo)
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 Self Study completed in 2016-17
 Evaluation Teams will look at all reports submitted since the last visit
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Annual Accreditation Reports
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Follow-up Report
Midterm Report
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Substantive Change requests
 Will examine completion of planning agendas
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“Mitigation” plan might apply to programs
Recommendations to meet the standards or make them reasonable
Colleges set
Institutional
Standards
A floor or minimum
“Reasonable”
- appropriate to its mission
Visiting teams evaluate whether
Standards are met and reasonable
Adapted from: “Setting ACCJC Institutional Standards at Foothill College.“
Co-Authored with Elaine Kuo. Presentation at the Strengthening Student Success Conference. 2013.
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ACCJC collects annual data on
Institutional
Standards
Institutional and program level student achievement
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Sample of added standards:
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The institution disaggregates and analyzes outcomes for subpopulations of students important to its mission. When the institution identifies performance gaps, it implements strategies, which may include human and fiscal resources, to mitigate those gaps and evaluates the efficacy of those strategies.
 The institution schedules courses in a manner that allows students to complete certificate and degree programs within a period of time consistent with established expectations in higher education.
 The governing board regularly reviews keys indicators of student learning and achievement and sets expectations through policy to improve academic quality.
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President’s Office
 http://www.foothill.edu/president/accreditation.php
Instruction and Research
 http://www.foothill.edu/staff/irs/
Program Review
 http://www.foothill.edu/staff/irs/programplans/index.php
Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges
 https://www.accjc.org/
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