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President's Welcome

Welcome to Berkeley City College's accreditation Website. According to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), accreditation is the process for evaluating and assuring the quality of education used by the American higher education community. The accreditation standards clearly reflect standards of good practice. The Standards were crafted by peers (faculty, staff, administrators, and members of the public) and reflect minimum conditions of quality and services for accredited institutions. Maintaining an accredited status is a collective responsibility of the members of the Berkeley City College community. It is in that context that we are developing this Web site. The intent is to provide information on our progress reports, our planning agendas related to the accreditation standards, and our progress toward meeting the current accreditation standards including the development and assessment of student learning outcomes. The standards focus on the significance of student learning outcomes and the College's responsibility to define and assess learning and to develop a culture of evidence that aims at improving programs and services, as well as developing strategies designed to improve teaching and learning. It is Berkeley City College's responsibility to assess student learning outcomes and to ensure that student learning is paramount in all activities undertaken at the College. As an engaged learning community and a student-centered College, we take pride in responding to accreditation and reaffirming the need for continuous improvement and self reflection in an effort to improve the teaching/learning enterprise at Berkeley City College.

Dr. Betty Inclan

ACCREDITATION

Berkeley City College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC), one of the six national accrediting agencies.
The University of California, California State University, and all other accredited colleges and universities give full credit for equivalent courses taken at Berkeley City College.
Pertinent course work offered by the college has been approved by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, the State Department of Education and the Veterans Administration.

Our Mission

Berkeley City College's mission is to promote student success, to provide our diverse community with educational opportunities, and to transform lives.
Adopted by the Peralta Community College District Board of Trustees April 12, 2005

Our Values

A Focus on Academic Excellence and Student Learning.
We value our students' varied educational and experiential backgrounds and learning styles as well as educational objectives.
Strategic Intention: Berkeley City College faculty use teaching and learning strategies that respond to the many different needs of Berkeley City College students. Berkeley City College 's scheduling and delivery methods are responsive to students' needs for access, convenience, and different learning styles.

A Commitment to Multiculturism and Diversity.
We value diversity, which fosters appreciation of others, depth of understanding, insight, empathy, innovation, and creativity, characteristics our institution seeks in its students, faculty and staff.
Strategic Intention: Berkeley City College provides students with an environment that supports diversity in learning and self-expression, and with a curriculum supportive of multiculturalism. Berkeley City College hires faculty and staff that reflect the diversity of its communities andstudents.

A Commitment to Preparing Students for Citizenship in a Diverse and Complex Changing Global Society.
We value the fact that students live and work in an increasingly complex society and world.
Strategic Intention: Berkeley City College faculty members prepare students with learning experiences that help them develop cultural and global perspectives and understanding.

A Commitment to a Quality and a Collegial Workplace.
We value the high quality that characterizes everything we do.
Strategic Intention: The college implements review and improvement processes that constantly improves quality. The college develops leadership skills and respectful, close ties among all employee groups continuously improving the institution.

The Importance of Innovation and Flexibility.
We value innovation because it encourages our students to question the typical and expand their thinking in a flexible manner that allows them to understand life's dynamic potential.
Strategic Intention: We celebrate the maverick attitude which challenges conventional ways of viewing life.

Our Vision

Berkeley City College is a premier, diverse student-centered learning community, dedicated to academic excellence, collaboration, innovation, and transformation.
Berkeley City College Illuminates!