BY LINH NGUYEN\/TIMES STAFF AND LARRY HARRIS\/CONTRIBUTOR<\/p>\n
The Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges said in a January letter that San Jose City College will remain on probation.<\/p>\n
The letter also contained recommendations that SJCC must comply with. The administration of SJCC is confident the college can comply with the commissions\u2019 recommendations.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are an \u2018A,\u2019\u201d is what SJCC President Barbara Kavalier said about efforts to remove the college from probation. \u201cTechnically, we could have been placed on \u2018show cause\u2019 because we exceeded ACCJC\u2019s two-year limit to cure prior deficiencies.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kavalier said \u2018show cause\u2019 is the last warning level of accreditation before the ACCJC closes the college. Still, she said, \u201cWe did such a good job in addressing these deficiencies, and the commission saw that we made such good progress that they are giving us another chance.\u201d<\/p>\n
The president also said that, after the 122-page follow-up report submitted to the ACCJC in 2011, the committee dropped three of SJCC\u2019s shared recommendations: Finance, Governance and Administration Turnover.<\/p>\n
There are three major concerns from the ACCJC findings: Integrated Planning, Program Review and Student Learning Outcomes.<\/p>\n
\u201cAll corrections must be submitted by Oct. 15, 2012. There are no additional allowances,\u201d Kavalier said. \u201cThis is our last opportunity to satisfy the ACCJC recommendations, or we will lose our accreditation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Doriann Tran, international counselor, said losing accreditation would be \u201chuge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Kavalier said that 80 percent of SJCC\u2019s students\tare eligible for federal financial aid. Losing accreditation means the college will lose funds to support students and funds that support many curriculum programs.<\/p>\n
\u201cI know students may be concerned about whether their units count in this probation status,\u201d Tran said. \u201cI want to emphasize that your units count.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tran said while the school is on the probation, units are still counted. \u201cThat\u2019s usually a normal thing to be continued on probation for another year,\u201d Tran said. \u201cEvery school has a set of issues. Probation is a standard thing that we need to go through to achieve accreditation. Lots of well-known schools were on probation at one point before they accomplished full accreditation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tran said the college has made a lot of progress. The accreditation team and faculty are engaged in resolving the ACCJC\u2019s list of recommendations. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt really does take everybody to be on board with this,\u201d she said.
\nKavalier said, \u201cThe students play an important role. Our students have been great and that is the kind of help I need.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s such a great college and it is on probation,\u201d said Gerardo Barbossa, 21, liberal arts major on the status of SJCC\u2019s proba-tion.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be a challenge to meet the Oct. 15 deadline, but if we perform at the high level, as we did last year … we will be OK,\u201d Kavalier said. \u201cWe are making great progress, we have great people and we will make it happen.\u201d<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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