Diablo Valley College 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 Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education. The Office of Private Postsecondary Education also approves Diablo Valley College to offer courses to U.S. Veterans for collection of veterans' benefits.
Diablo Valley College's Accreditation Continues
DVC has been removed from Show Cause and is now on Probation
We received the letter from ACCJC on February 1, 2010, that states that DVC has been removed from Show Cause and placed on Probation with a Follow-Up Report due October 15, 2010.
View the Evaluation Report from the November 2009 ACCJC visiting team and video of Judy Walters’ campus presentation.
Congratulations to everyone who worked tirelessly toward this positive result!
The Commission notes that Diablo Valley College has completed significant amounts of good work to address the deficiencies noted in the Commission’s action letter of January 2009. The college is encouraged to continue its work to fully address all deficiencies.
Background:
Diablo Valley College submitted a comprehensive self-study report in support of its accreditation in September, 2008. A nine member team visited the college from October 13 to 16, 2008 for the purpose of determining the college’s status in meeting the Standards of Accreditation of the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. That team submitted a report to the Commission regarding their findings and recommendations. The Commission met in January 7-9, 2008 to review the documents submitted by the college and the team report. The Commission acted to issue Show Cause, and required that Diablo Valley College correct the deficiencies noted.
The college was put on Show Cause because four of the five deficiencies identified by the 2002 comprehensive evaluation team (Recommendations 1, 2, 4 and 5) were not resolved and were again identified as deficiencies by the 2008 team.
In short, the 2008 visiting team found that DVC lacked a sufficient data-driven program review, an integrated planning process for ongoing improvement, a regular and effective curriculum review process, and governance systems and behaviors that focus the institution on educational quality.
All of these are deemed necessary to support high quality education and student success. Diablo Valley College was required to provide a report by October 15, 2009 which was followed by a visit of Commission representatives in November.
As a general comment about the overall findings of the November visit, the report states:
The team found the entire college hospitable, professional and forthright in its demeanor, and most eager to demonstrate the progress made in responding to the recommendations listed in the Show Cause action. The team wishes to commend the college for its candor in acknowledging the deficiencies that led to its current status as well as its willingness to accept responsibility for resolving these issues to have a more effective college and thereby meet Commission Standards.
A summary of the team’s conclusions
Accrediting Commission's letter dated 1/29/10.
Details can be found in the following:
- Communications from ACCJC
- Messages to the community
- Frequently asked questions regarding DVC's accreditation process
- Accreditation self study 2008
- Accreditation meetings calendar
- Archive - Show Cause Response
- Accreditation Show Cause Report
- Accreditation Show Cause Report Addendum
- Accreditation Show Cause Report Addendum #2
- DVC Show Cause Team Visit Report December 3 2009
