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SDCCE Spring 2024 Accreditation News



March 17, 2017

Dear Colleagues, 

Today more than 100 faculty, staff and administrators gathered as a community to hear the report from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) Visiting Committee as one of the final steps in our...

January 13, 2017

By Corinne Layton

Accreditation Steering Committee Co-Chair

In the December Accreditation Update it was reported that SDCE's Self-Study was reviewed and approved by the SDCCD Board of Trustees. During the...

December 12, 2016

Wonderful news!

by Barbara Pongsrikul

SDCE submitted the SDCE Accreditation Self-Study to the SDCCD Vice Chancellor for fact checking in mid-October, and received comments from all the Vice Chancellors that...

November 14, 2016

by Corinne Layton, Accreditation Steering Committee Co-Chair

Since SDCE completed the vetting and approval of the Self-Study through the participatory governance structure, our primary task is preparing for the site visits that will...

October 14, 2016

by Kate Alder, Vice President, Instruction

Thank you all for your great feedback on the final draft of the SDCE Accreditation Self-Study. Final editing is still being done for style, format, and error correction. We will be...

September 15, 2016

Hello San Diego Continuing Education  Community,

Welcome back to Fall 2016. I want to take this opportunity to thank each of you for the incredible work you have done on the SDCE Accreditation Self-Study. It is currently 297 pages in length...

September 12, 2016

by Corinne Layton, Accreditation Steering Committee Co-Chair

An important element of the Accreditation process and the writing of the Self-Study is the involvement of all stakeholders. During 2015-16 a concerted effort was made to...

August 18, 2016

By Barbara Pongsrikul, Accreditation Steering Committee Co-Chair

The Self-Study final draft is in the final writing process and will then be formatted to meet the deadlines based on SDCE’s Accreditation timeline, which is partially...

July 15, 2016

by Corinne Layton, Accreditation Steering Committee Co-Chair

This summer we have been very busy finalizing the Accreditation Self-Study, including the Action Plan for Ongoing Improvement. In the spring semester we conducted...

June 14, 2016

by Barbara Pongsrikul, Accreditation Steering Committee Co-Chair

SDCE's Accreditation Self-Study process is following the timeline posted on the SDCE...

May 16, 2016

Accreditation Update May 2016

by Corinne Layton

Accreditation Steering Committee Co-Chair

 

The Accreditation process is moving at a fast pace, and our Accreditation team has been working diligently to meet our deadlines....

March 9, 2016

by Corinne Layton

I am pleased to report that we had two very well-attended Accreditation Forums this month. Thirty-five (35) people attended the first Accreditation Forum at Mid-City Campus on March 3, and 45 people attended the...

February 18, 2016

by Dr. Barbara Pongsrikul

The webpage has been revised and it was shared at spring flex. All accreditation information will be stored on this website and updated...

January 15, 2016

By Corinne Layton

The Accreditation Steering Committee has been busy planning activities to take place at our Spring Flex Institutional Day on February 2, 2016. Steering Committee co-chairs, Dr. Barbara Pongsrikul and ESL Program Chair...

December 14, 2015

In our November news article we mentioned that members of the Accreditation Steering Committee and Work and Focus groups were in the process of writing the first draft of the Self-Study Report in preparation for the 2017 WASC Accreditation visit...

October 15, 2015

As you may know, SDCE is accredited by the WASC Schools Commission. As an adult education facility we are reaccredited every six years. We are currently working on the 2017 Self-Study Report and will be receiving a WASC visiting team...

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