City College of San Francisco - California Competes

ABSTRACT OF THE SELF STUDY
Standards Reports
Standard I:
Mission & Institutional Effectiveness
City College of San Francisco demonstrates its
commitment to an ongoing evaluation of institutional
policies and procedures by conducting
periodic reviews of those practices and engaging
in a reflective dialog on the effectiveness of its
governance and administrative activities. The
College has a system of Shared Governance
which is stronger than that of many institutions
and which provides for a great deal of reflective
dialog on institutional processes and effectiveness.
In addition to Shared Governance entities,
the participation of employee unions and a
Department Chairs’ Council contributes significantly
to the amount of dialog that takes place
among the constituencies and between the
leadership and the Board. In that context, the
College has developed a strong and responsive
annual planning process that is based on a
strategic plan rooted in the Mission and Vision
Statements. The College conducts an assessment
of progress on its Annual Plan twice a year and
this assessment provides the executive administration,
the Board of Trustees, and the general
public with quantitative and qualitative information
on the College’s progress in meeting its
goals. However, the evaluation of this progress
is not adequately incorporated into the existing
institution-wide planning and budgeting
processes.
The College has also developed a number of
specific assessments of student outcomes and
institutional effectiveness that provide College
constituencies and the general public with
strong and useful evidence of student achievement
and program performance. Program
Review is conducted by almost all of the
academic and student services departments
on a regular cycle, but a few Student Services,
instructional, and administrative units have
not adhered to the timetable, and the results of
Program Review are not adequately incorporated
into the other institutional planning and evaluation
procedures.
The College has developed strong data resources
that provide faculty, administrators, staff, students,
and the community with detailed
information on student access, retention, and
success. In addition, administrators, department
chairs, and other interested faculty have ready
access to extensive student demographic information,
productivity analyses, and student
demand for courses.
The College demonstrates, in numerous ways,
its strong commitment to continual institutional
improvement and a mission that emphasizes
student learning.
Standard II.A: Instructional Programs
This report rests on a careful review and assessment
of eight primary elements of the
institution’s instructional program including: the
delivery of the instructional program and institutional
integrity, the quality of the instructional
program, the General Education curriculum,
the associate degree programs, the vocational
programs, the dissemination of information
about instructional programs, academic freedom
and responsibility, and instructional programs
located in foreign countries.
The General Education Program reflects an
appropriate breadth and depth. The instructional
program planning and evaluation processes
established since the 2000 Accreditation Self
Study are effective and have promoted broadbased
involvement across the institution. The
College’s ability to disseminate print information
to internal and external stakeholders is strong,
although the College website is in need of
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