WASC Accreditation

Campus Receives Seven Year Accreditation from WASC

CSUCI has received official notification from WASC granting the University seven years of accreditation.
The document may be viewed by clicking: WASC Seven Year Accreditation Letter (PDF, 206KB)

The WASC letter in part notes:
Initial Accreditation is granted for a maximum of seven years. Institutions granted the status of
Accreditation must use the following statement if they wish to describe the status publicly:

California State University, Channel Islands is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Senior
Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, 985 Atlantic Avenue,
#100, Alameda, CA  94501, 510.748.9001.

Campus Receives Report from the 2007 Educational Effectiveness Site Team Visit

The document may be viewed by clicking: WASC EER 2007 Site Team Report .(PDF, 197KB)

Campus Submits 2006 Educational Effectiveness Report

On Friday, December 15th, CSUCI submitted the 2006 Educational Effectiveness Report to WASC.
The document may be viewed by clicking: 2006 Education Effectiveness Report. (PDF, 1.27MB)

Campus Convenes 1st Meetings of the 06-07 Year for the Educational Effectiveness Report

Materials distributed at these initial meetings:
1. Activities Leading to EER March 2007 Site Visit (PDF, 14KB)
2. 2006-07 WASC Accreditation Sub-Committee Assignments (PDF, 50KB)
3. 2006-07 WASC Accreditation Committee (PDF, 8KB)
4. Recommendations and Areas for Attention from the 2005-06 Preparatory Review (PDF, 33KB)

CSUCI Receives WASC Action Letter: Continue with the Next Steps of the Accreditation Process

Commission considers the report of the WASC Capacity and Preparatory Review Team and acts to:
1. Receive the report of the Capacity and Preparatory Review team
2. Continue CSUCI's Candidacy for Accreditation
3. Continue with the Educationational Effectiveness Review scheduled for March 14-16, 2007

The document may be viewed by clicking: Commission Action Letter--July 7, 2006. (PDF, 42.8KB)

Revised Accreditation Timeline

For the detailed reporting schedule and site team visit dates, please view the WASC Accreditation Timeline. (PDF, 19.2KB)

CSUCI Receives Capacity and Preparatory Site Team Review

CSUCI has now received the results of the Capacity and Preparatory Site Team Visit.
The document may be viewed by clicking: Capacity and Preparatory Site Team Review. (PDF, 172KB)

CSUCI Continues Work on the Second Educational Effectiveness Report

The University continues work on the Second Educational Effectiveness Report which is due to WASC on December 15th, 2006.
The next scheduled accreditation site team visit is scheduled for March 14th-16th, 2007. 

CSUCI Submits Second Capacity and Preparatory Report

CSUCI submitted the Second Capacity and Preparatory Report to WASC on December 13th, 2005.
The document may be viewed by clicking: Capacity and Preparatory Report. (PDF, 1697 KB)
The next WASC Site Team visit is scheduled for March 6th-9th, 2006.

CSUCI Submits Letter of Intent to WASC

The Letter of Intent to WASC states that the University will: "...address fully and comprehensively all of the WASC Standards and Criteria for Review in both our Capacity and Preparatory Report and our Educational Effectiveness Report."

This letter conveys our intention to undertake with WASC our initial accreditation review over the next two years.  

Transmittal document:
June 28th, 2005: CSUCI Letter of Intent to WASC. (PDF, 72KB)

CSUCI, Candidate for Accreditation

California State University Channel Islands has been recognized as a Candidate for Accreditation by the Accrediting Commission for Senior Colleges and Universities of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC).

This status is a preliminary affiliation with the Commission awarded for a maximum of four years. Candidacy is an indication that the institution is progressing toward Accreditation. Candidacy is not Accreditation and does not ensure eventual Accreditation.

WASC, 985 Atlantic Avenue, #100, Alameda, CA  94501, 510.748-9001.

Following are WASC transmittal documents:

WASC Commission grants CSUCI Candidacy Status, February 2005.
February 25th, 2005: WASC Commission Letter. (PDF, 1.3MB)

WASC Site Team visits CSUCI, October 13th-15th, 2004.
December 14th, 2004: WASC Site Team Report. (PDF, 4.6MB)

WASC Document: "How to Become Accredited." (PDF, 2.8MB)

Educational Effectiveness Report, 7.22.04 (PDF, 1.5MB)

Preparatory Review Report, 11.19.02 (PDF, 383KB)

Institutional and Programmatic Learning Outcomes (PDF, 38KB)

Accreditation Information
Dennis Muraoka, Ph.D.
dennis.muraoka@csuci.edu
805.437-8861

Website Information
J. E. Gonzalez, Ph.D.
je.gonzalez@csuci.edu
805.437-8979

Last Update: 7.19.07