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Accreditation
Clackamas Community College is proud to have achieved and maintained formal accreditation through the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). Our community college is recognized as an institution with high standards for performance, integrity and quality to merit the confidence of the educational community and the public.
This accreditation, from an independent, nonprofit organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education, represents our voluntary and conscientious commitment to quality assurance and institutional improvement. Our most recent accreditation review in spring 2023 resulted in the following commendations and recommendations for improvement.
What we've learned:
We are excited about the next phase of our continuous improvement process while providing quality education to meet the needs of students and the community.
On behalf of faculty and staff at Clackamas Community College, we extend deep gratitude to all faculty, staff, students, volunteers, area businesses, foundation donors and board and community members who have made our college what it is today. In the spirit of ongoing learning and growth, we look forward to the coming years as opportunity to work together to further excel with our mission.
With gratitude,
CCC's Accreditation Steering Committee
Note: If you are a student or other community member who has not had your concerns heard through standard channels of communication at CCC, please contact the office for our Vice President of Instruction and Students Services at 503-594-3020. For more information, view the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) Complaint Process webpage.
Accreditation visit
Clackamas Community College will host peer evaluators from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU) in April 2023.
Clackamas Community College is proud to have achieved and maintained formal accreditation through NWCCU. This accreditation – from an independent, nonprofit organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education – represents the college's voluntary and conscientious commitment to quality assurance and institutional improvement. All participating colleges engage in a seven-year accreditation cycle, which includes annual reports, and more substantive self-evaluations in years three, six and seven.
The year-seven report is called the Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (EIE), which includes a comprehensive narrative response to all NWCCU standards and eligibility requirements. CCC will submit its year-seven self-evaluation in February 2023, which will be followed by a site visit from peer evaluators April 3-5, 2023. These peer evaluators are part of a volunteer corps, trained by NWCCU, and drawn from faculty and staff at other colleges in the NWCCU region. These peer evaluators review the college's report and use their time on campus to ask questions and offer feedback. CCC's last year-seven report and visit was completed in 2016, resulting in a reaffirmation of accreditation status. The college's year three report was accepted in 2019 and year six report was accepted in 2022.
Community members are invited to send comments to the Commission office, up to 10 days before the start of the evaluation visit. Online submissions can be shared on NWCCU's website. Comments can also be shared by mail: Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, 8060 165th Ave NE, Suite 200, Redmond, WA 98052.
For questions about accreditation at Clackamas Community College, please contact Jason Kovac at jason.kovac@clackamas.edu.