Accreditation - Hartnell College!!

Institutional Self Evaluation – 12-05-12
our everyday lives, and by acting in a way that allows our peers, students, and
colleagues to do the same.
We support the following principles:
Excellence
Fairness
Transparency
We are individually accountable for our own actions and as members of the
college community are collectively accountable for upholding these standards of
behavior and for compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
The following addendum was posted:
Inherent in the intent of “excellence” is the belief that we cannot be excellent
unless we fully meet the needs of our students and community. To do that requires
that we know what those needs are and develop a system for assessing how well
our efforts have worked. We must continually refine our data-gathering and
planning processes (e.g., student learning outcomes, shared governance, and
program planning and assessment), and analyze those findings to set priorities
and allocate resources.
A link to Board Policy 1055, adopted by the Board of Trustees in September 2007, is also
provided on the website. (IV.A.3)
The Board of Trustees held a retreat in July 2007 and developed an ethics policy that also
enumerated sanctions for ethics violations (IV.A.3). The comprehensive policy was
developed specifically in response to recommendation 7 from the ACCJC. Board members
have participated in the college wide training sessions as well.
The Academic Senate adopted a Statement of Professional Ethics in March 2007. It affirms
scholarship, respect for students as well as their peers, and the rights and responsibilities of
citizenship: (IV.A.4)
Self Evaluation
In the ACCJC letter of March 2007, two of the seven recommendations of the Commission
specified the need for formal ethics training and the development of a code of ethics
(IV.A.5). Since then, a great deal of effort has been expended to ensure that Hartnell
community members achieve a common understanding of what constitutes ethical behavior.
As such, people‘s sensitivity to, and expectation of, ethical behavior has been enhanced.
The intent of the ethics training is to enhance awareness and inspire ethical behavior. The
training sessions are designed for compliance by elected officials with AB 1234 (IV.A.6),
and employees commented they would appreciate trainings that are more germane to the
interactions among faculty, students, staff, and administration in the college environment.
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