Accreditation

Grossmont College Accreditation

Grossmont College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, Western Association of Schools and Colleges (ACCJC/WASC), 428 J Street, Suite 400, Sacramento, CA 95814, (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. The Senior Dean of College Planning is the institution's Accreditation Liaison Officer.  Accreditation by the ACCJC which is recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education of Accreditation signifies to the educational community and to the public at large that Grossmont College has met the standards of quality recognized as necessary for graduate competence and public funding. Appropriate courses are fully accepted on transfer by the University of California, the California State University, and by private four-year colleges and universities. Grossmont College agrees to adhere to the standards and requirements of the ACCJC at all times.

 

Accreditation 2027 Timeline

 

Accreditation Documents In 2019/20, Grossmont College underwent a review of its accreditation and was fully reaffirmed by ACCJC. Below are the principal documents associated with that process. ACCJC Letter Accepting Midterm Report dtd 01/16/2024 Grossmont Midterm Report dtd 10/15/23 ACCJC Letter of Reaffirmation dtd 6/14/22 Peer Team Evaluation of Second Follow-Up Report and Site Visit dtd 4/13/22 Grossmont College Follow-up Report #2 to the Fall 2019 ISER dtd 2-25-22 ACCJC Notice of Deferred Action dtd 6/28/2021 Peer Team Evaluation of Follow-Up Report and Site Visit dtd 4/25/2021 Grossmont College Follow-Up Report to the Fall 2019 ISER dtd 3/1/2021 Letter of Accreditation Reaffirmation dtd 1/27/20 Peer Review Team Evaluation Report on the Fall 2019 ISER and Site Visit Grossmont College Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (ISER) July 2019

Contact

Dr. Joan Ahrens, Senior Dean of College Planning and Institutional Effectiveness

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Important Accreditation Dates

Accreditation Midterm Report - Due to ACCJC in Fall 2023
Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (ISER) - Due to ACCJC in Fall 2025 (next comprehensive site visit)

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Substantive Change Reports 

• ACCJC Letter dtd 2-1-22 
• ACCJC Letter dtd 2-14-23 
• ACCJC Letter dtd 3-2-23 
• GC List of Programs no Longer over 50% DE dtd December 2022 
• Temporary Provision for Review of Distance Education Courses in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic for Colleges Being Reviewed in Spring 2021 - September 2020
• ACCJC Deadline for Spring 2021 Distance Education Program Transitions due to COVID-19 - October 2020

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ACCJC Documents

• Accreditation Standards, Annotated
• ACCJC Substantive Change Manual 

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ACCJC Compliant Process 

 

The public, college community and students may make formal complaints to the ACCJC about Grossmont College or other member institutions or about the ACCJC itself.  Information about these processes and the proper forms to use is found on the ACCJC Complaints Process page. We encourage students to first refer to the Grossmont College process for student complaints found on the Student Affairs page Complaints Process.

 

During the site visit & evaluation semester and up to five weeks before the Commission meeting where the evaluation is being considered, the public, college community and students may make comments about the institution using the Third Party Comments form, also found on the ACCJC Complaints Process page. 

 

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Programmatic Accreditation

Grossmont College has several programs that are individually accredited by external agencies. Contact information about these agencies and links to the department home pages where Accreditation information is found are listed below. These programs are: