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Self Study for Reaffirmation (2009) (pdf file) - supporting docs available in Office of Instruction

College of Alameda Evaluation Report - March 9-12, 2009 prepared by WASC

Self Study Steering Committee (2009)

What is Accreditation? WASC? A Self-Study?

Reference Materials for the Self Study Steering Committee (timeline, crosswalk, sample templates, themes, style sheets, evidence chart, reference guides (WASC publications), previous COA Accreditation documents (athored by COA and authored by WASC)

College Planning Documents (program reviews, unit plans, budget plans, educational master plans, etc.)

Additional Supporting Documents

Supporting Documents for Self Study (2009) - Available in the Office of Instruction


COA Self Study Steering Committee

Scope of Work

The Self Study Steering Committee functions under the Accreditation Committee. The Self Study Steering Committee is responsible for defining characteristics of quality and excellence and presenting evidence that such quality and excellence is being achieved.  This is achieved through the college self-study report. The committee is also responsible for monitoring and examining the progress of recommendations made by the accreditation evaluation team. Quarterly reports on progress will be given to College Council and reflected in the Institutional Plan.

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 What is Accreditation?

The WASC Accreditation website (2008) states: Accreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of educational institutions and programs. Colleges may be accredited at the regional, programmatic and national level. “It is a uniquely American quality assurance process through which institutions collectively set standards for good practice, conduct peer-based evaluations of institutions on a regular basis, confer accredited status on institutions, and make the results of accreditation review known to the public.”

What is WASC?

The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is the corporate entity that consists of three separately organized commissions within the western region. The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges evaluates and accredits public and private postsecondary institutions that offer two-year education programs and award the associate degree.

What is the purpose of a Self-Study?

The self study is conducted to determine if an institution should be accredited initially or as a prelude to the periodic accreditation review to giving the institution a set of criteria to evaluate its quality, and the achievement of its mission

COA Accreditation Status

College of Alameda is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. The College first was accredited in 1973, with the most recent affirmation in 2003.


Reference Materials for the Self Study Steering Committee:

COA Accreditation Timeline (080410)
COA Accreditation Standards Crosswalk
Sample Self Study Response Template 1 (sample based on Library/LRC standard IIC.)
Self Study Template (blank)
Self Study Themes
 Style Sheet and Example
Self Study Evidence Chart (080422)
Active Links for Standards

Accreditation Self-Study Reference Guides (authored by ACCJC/WASC publications)

Previous COA Accreditation Documents (authored by ACCJC/WASC): print copies located in Office of Instruction 

 Additional Supporting Documents