Like nearly all West Coast community colleges, CCSF is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, a private agency granted powers by the U.S. Department of Education. In a 2012 review of CCSF, the commission issued its strongest possible sanction, subsequently removing the school’s accreditation as of next July unless it can win it back. Yet in the month since that occurred, serious accusations have been leveled against the commission itself, suggesting that it didn’t follow proper procedures leading up to its removal of CCSF’s accreditation. Although the commission denies the allegations, there is definitely something amiss with the agency, and no less than the Department of Education says it is failing to follow several key guidelines. Part of the problem is that the commission is a private, nonprofit organization that insists upon operating in secrecy.

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by The Editorial Board, The San Francisco Examiner.

Posted: August 26th, 2013, by: admin. Categories: . Awaiting Comments.