Accreditation

Accreditation Documents

• External Evaluation Report 
• ACCJC Letter to WCC – January 25, 2019
• Woodland Accreditation Follow Up Report – March 2, 2020
• 2020 ACCJC Annual Report
• ACCJC Letter to WCC – June 29, 2020
• ACCJC Staff Liaison Assignment – July 2020
• ACCJC Letter to WCC – DE Modality Approval SP21 – Dec 1, 2020
• ACCJC Annual Fiscal Report 2021
• Substantive Change Application – Initial DE Approval – SP22
• ACCJC Letter to WCC – Substantive Change Approval – February 22, 2022
• ACCJC Annual Fiscal Report 2022
• Letter to WCC – Comprehensive Peer Review Timeline
• WCC ACCJC Accreditation Midterm Report – October 17, 2022
  • Midterm Report Evidence – Part I
  • Midterm Report Evidence – Part II
• ACCJC Midterm Report Action Letter – January 2023

Accreditation Visit Documents

• Interviews and Evidence Requests (Excel File)
• WCC Meeting Schedule (Excel File)

Our ISER…

The Woodland Community College team completed our Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER) and submitted it to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) and our visiting team members on August 8, 2018.  There will be a pre-visit on August 23, 2018, followed by the full visit from October 8 through 11, 2018. Over the next two months, the College will continue to support this work by ensuring that all faculty and staff have access to our ISER. Please see below for a full copy of our report.

Self –Evaluation Report 2018

What is Accreditation?

Accreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. 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 of institutions known to the public. Through accreditation, the higher education community shoulders the responsibility for monitoring the quality of the programs and services or member institutions. Agencies that develop and apply standards are called accrediting commissions. Accrediting commissions were created by a collective group that wished to engage in the quality review and assurance process, and those institutions were and are referred to as the member institutions of a commission.

Institutional Accreditation is public certification that institutions meet defined standards of quality and responsibility.

Woodland Community College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 10 Commercial Blvd., Suite 204, Novato, CA 94949, (415) 506-0234, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. Additional information about accreditation, including the filing of complaints against member institutions, can be found at: www.accjc.org

Questions or comments can be sent to the Woodland Community College Accreditation Liaison Officer, Kasey Gardner: kgardner@yccd.edu

A third-party comment may be submitted to the Commission at any time as it relates to the compliance of a member institution with Eligibility Requirements, Accreditation Standards, or Commission policies. Such comment must be submitted in writing, signed, and accompanied by the affiliation, return address and telephone number of the correspondent. Commission staff will review all third-party comments to assess its applicability to Eligibility Requirements, Accreditation Standards, or Commission policies. Institutions will be provided with an opportunity to review applicable third-party comments.

Individuals who wish to make comments on the institutions that are undergoing review in the current semester and that are being considered by the Commission at its next meeting, should use the Third Party Comment Form and be sure to include their name, address, phone number, and email address. The comments must be received five weeks before the scheduled Commission meeting.

For more information and to access the Third Party Comment Form click here.