Memo
To:
José Ortiz, Ed.D.
Chancellor
From: District Education Committee
Date: October 18, 2013
Re:
Seeking Research Consultants for Accreditation Purposes
Accreditation was one of the agenda items at the October 2013 District Education Committee
meeting. The focus was the Institutional Self-Evaluation of Educational Quality and Institutional
Effectiveness which each college must write and submit to the Accrediting Commission for
Community and Junior Colleges by January 2015.
During the discussion of the various requirements of an Institutional Self-Evaluation, it was readily
acknowledged that there is a significant amount of research data that is required to be provided in
the Institutional Self-Evaluation. Yet as we know, several years ago the colleges cut their
Researcher positions as a method of dealing with the severe budget cuts from the State.
Given the lack of college Researchers and given the amount of research data needed in the
Institutional Self-Evaluation which data must be specific to each college, the District Education
Committee is requesting that the district fund Research Consultants to be hired by District
Educational Services to work under the supervision of the District Institutional Research Office to
provide service to the four colleges as requested. Clearly this is a time-limited need since the
request is for research assistance for the Institutional Self-Evaluations.
The District Education Committee looks forward to hearing from you.