Self-Study Steering Committee
Institutional Review to Achieve Reaffirmation of Accreditation
Accreditation seeks to establish standards and measurements of quality that ensure that learners earn degrees and achieve certificates in a timely manner and that those degrees have demonstrable personal meaning and social currency, enabling graduates to be engaged citizens and to secure productive employment. Institutional review through writing a self-study report is the story a school tells about its present self, its foundational past, and its preferred future. It is a tool for collective intelligence and organizational individuation.
Timeline of Reaffirmation of Accreditation Process (subject to change)
2023: April – May Self-study Steering Committee formed; Review WSCUC Standards (CFRs); correlate Working Groups to WSCUC Standards
2023: May – Two self-study trainings provided by our WSCUC V.P. Liaison, Dr. Sue Opp, Friday, May 19th & Thursday May 25th at 2 pm.
2023: April – August – Working Groups review and report on progress on CFRs; Steering Committee Members Review findings
2023: August – December – collect work products from Working Groups; write draft of the Self-study; submit draft to BOT at November Retreat
2023: December – Submit self-study document to the FAC and BOT
2024: January – Submit Institutional Self-Study Report to WSCUC
2024: March – Mock Offsite Review
2024: April – Offsite Review with WSCUC Review Team
2024: August – Submit additional information requested after the Offsite Review
2024: September – Mock Accreditation Visit
2024: October: Accreditation Visit on Pacifica’s Campus
Steering Committee Membership
Loraine Devos-Comby
Interim Provost & Vice President of Academic Affairs and Accreditation Liaison Officer
Lauren Lastra
Director of Student Services and Accreditation Deputy
Rica Toribio
Vice President of Strategic Enrollment
Vanessa Conte
Institutional Effectiveness & Learning Associate
Larry Byer
Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Bruce Benton
Controller
Francine Mata
Registrar
Nick Sabatino
Chief of Staff
Nuria Ciofalo
Chair of the Faculty Assessment Committee and Core Faculty (CLIE)
Jemma Elliot
Core Faculty and Co-Chair of the Counseling Psychology Department, Co-Chair of the Faculty Affairs Committee (FAC)
Working Groups and Steering Committee Leads
WSCUC Standard No. 1:
Defining Institutional Purposes & Ensuring Educational Objectives
- Leads: Francine Matas and Nick Sabatino
- Working Group:
WSCUC Standard No. 2:
Achieving Educational Objectives through Teaching & Learning
- Leads: Nuria Ciofalo and Jemma Elliot
- Working Group: Pat Katsky, Core Faculty (DPT); Juliet Rohde-Brown, Chair, Core Faculty, and Program Assessment Liaison (DPT); Tom Steffora, Core Faculty and Program Assessment Liaison (M.A. Counseling); Lans Smith, Core Faculty and Program Assessment Liaison (Mythological Studies); Safron Rossi, Core Faculty and Program Assessment Liaison (DJA); Peter Dunlap, Associate Core Faculty (Clinical); Matthew Bennett, Co-Chair and Core Faculty (Counseling Psychology Department), Co-Chair of FAC
WSCUC Standard No. 3:
Developing and Applying Resources and Organizational Structures to Ensure Quality and Sustainability
- Leads: Larry Byer and Bruce Benton
- Working Group: Norma Messa, Dir. of HR, Adam Brown, Dir. of Campus Operations, Tim Fritz, Dir. of Information Technology, Griff Jones, Dir. of Information Systems
WSCUC Standard No. 4:
Quality Assurance, Institutional Learning, and Improvement
- Leads: Loraine Devos-Comby and Vanessa Conte
- Working Group: Larry Byer, CFO; Bruce Benton, Controller; Lauren Lastra, Director of Student Services and Accreditation Deputy; Nick Sabatino, Chief of Staff; Nuria Ciofalo, Chair of the Faculty Assessment Committee and Core Faculty (CLIE); Program Assessment Liaisons
