This working site is meant to serve the faculty, staff, students and community members who are interested in participating in or following the ongoing Accreditation efforts of Foothill College. Please review each section for pertinent links and resources, and also check our Newscast Section for the latest activities and information.

See the Accreditation Meetings Page for more presentations, documents and minutes.

• The Faculty/Staff and Student Accreditation Surveys
• Addendum to Substantive Change, submitted February 3, 2011
• Substantive Change Proposal for Distance Education and Letter of Acceptance from ACCJC
• Foothill College Agenda and Meeting Minutes Template and Self Study Template for Standard Teams
• ACCJC's Self Study Manual, information on writing the Self Study and the Site Visit.
• Self Study Examples: Santa Barbara City College, Napa Valley College and Butte College
• Standard I Templates | Standard II Templates | Standard III Templates | Standard IV Templates
• ACCJC Report on Jan 6-8 Meeting (List of Colleges and Accreditation Status) (PDF)
• Annotated Accreditation Standards (PDF)
• Guide to Evaluating Institutions (PDF)
• Accreditation Dos and Don'ts (PDF)
• Rubric for Evaluating Institutional Effectiveness (PDF)

• ACCJC Response to Second Follow-Up Report, Submitted October 2010 (PDF)
• Foothill College Second Follow Up Report, Submitted October 2010 (PDF) and Evidence Appendix (PDF)
• ACCJC Response to Follow-Up and Request for Second Follow Up Report, Due October 2010 (PDF)
• Foothill College Follow-Up Report, Submitted to ACCJC October 2009 (PDF)
• ACCJC Request for Follow-Up Report, Due October 2009 (PDF)
• Foothill College Focused Mid Term Report, Submitted October 2008 (PDF)
• ACCJC Response to 2005 Accreditation Site Visit (PDF)
• Foothill College Accreditation Self-Study, 2005 (57.8 MB, PDF) and DeAnza College Accreditation Self-Study, 2005

Accreditation Officers:
ACCREDITATION LIAISON OFFICER I Kurt Hueg, Associate Vice President of External Relations
ACCREDITATION CO-CHAIR I Eloise Orrell, Vice President of Instruction & Institutional Research
ACCREDITATION CO-CHAIR I Dolores Davison, Academic Senate President & Faculty
ACCREDITATION CO-CHAIR I Maureen Chenoweth, Classified Senate Representative

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