The college has consistently demonstrated integrity by complying with the requisite midterm progress reports and accreditation self study report, stipulated by the ACCJC’s published guidelines and its president’s letters. In April 2008, the college hosted a visit from ACCJC representatives and received a favorable response in a May 2008 letter from the commission (IV4-1, -2). Evaluation The college meets standard. Planning Agenda None. IVA.5 The role of leadership and the institution’s governance and decisionmaking structures and processes are regularly evaluated to assure their integrity and effectiveness. The institution widely communicates the results of these evaluations and uses them as the basis for improvement. Description College decision-making processes and procedures are evaluated to assure the effectiveness of leadership roles in the participatory governance structures of the college. A variety of evaluation methods are employed in this endeavor to gather feedback so that recommendations for improvement can be made. The participatory roles of faculty, classified staff, student, and administrative leadership in the governance structure of the college are addressed by multiple methods that allow increased opportunities for discussion and scrutiny (IVA5-1, -2). Monthly meetings of the College Council, biweekly meetings of the Administrative Leadership Council, annual reviews across the college—including those held by the various shared-governance groups—periodic college-wide retreats, and the ongoing lunchtime brown bag meetings held by the college president and the presidents of the faculty and classified senates are among the many open forums that provide opportunities for listening, sharing, and strategizing. Independently, each endeavor assures honest insights about the nature and results of efforts. Collectively, they promote clarity about the degree to which the evaluative review
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processes of the institution are relevant and allow for an honest assessment of the college as a basis for continued improvement. Evaluation The college meets standard. Planning Agenda None.