Alignment with Accreditation, Implementation Planning

Integrating Planning and Governance

City College uses its governance structure of committees and councils to ensure that constituency groups — students, faculty, classified professionals, supervisors, managers and administrators — have a voice in planning and decision-making. The college’s institutional planning processes combines open forums and twice-yearly Planning Summits with review and approval by governance and constituency groups, culminating at College Council, the highest participatory governance body within the college.

Alignment with Accreditation

City College aligns with Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) accreditation standards through published planning cycles and evaluation of effectiveness. Institutional data and results of assessment processes are used to make improvements and inform future planning. By regularly and actively engaging in planning, the college builds consensus, connects efforts across different areas of the institution, and enables proactive, rather than reactive, change.

Implementation Planning

Implementation of City College’s Educational Plan will be carried out within the college’s governance structure and across administrative areas. As the highest level of participatory governance, College Council will have oversight of the Educational Plan as a whole. Governance bodies that report to College Council coordinate and monitor implementation for specific components, such as the Strategic Plan (City Planning) and the Enrollment Management Plan (City Student Journey). Through Program Review, all instructional, student services, and administrative areas of the college follow through on the Educational Plan by linking program outcomes and improvement goals to institutional priorities. Results are reported annually in Program Review and in Area Plans which are reviewed by the Vice Presidents, Deans, and direct reports. Adoption of the Nuventive software platform in fall 2022 will facilitate sharing of results by adding more robust reporting tools.