Educational Quality

Accreditation is both a process and a status. As a process, it ensures that institutions of higher education meet standards of quality and provide educational programs, services, credentials, and credits that students and the community can trust. The process also verifies that institutions have the resources and infrastructure to sustain and improve the quality of their educational offerings and services.

As a result of a successful accreditation process, institutions gain an accredited status that qualifies them for federal grants and contracts, enables them to distribute federal financial aid, and ensures that their students can transfer credits to another accredited institution. Many employers also require credentials from accredited institutions as a condition of employment. Ultimately, an accredited status signifies that an institution meets expectations for educational quality, sound institutional practice, and resources for students’ success.

An Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (ISER) is submitted to Mt. SAC’s accrediting body, the ACCJC, for the purpose of assisting in the determination of our accreditation status. The ISER evaluates our alignment to ACCJC’s requirements and standards.

Annual accreditation reports are submitted to the ACCJC to demonstrate continued effort and data-based evidence of progress towards our goals related to accreditation, continuous improvement of education quality, and institutional effectiveness.

ACCJC Accreditation Standards are statements of good practice that reflect expectations for educational quality and institutional effectiveness. They are the basis for comprehensive institutional evaluations by ACCJC for reaffirmation of accreditation.

View ACCJC Standards and Policies

The Accreditation Steering Committee serves as ambassadors to Mt. SAC in engaging campus constituencies in the processes of accreditation.  The Committee collaboratively guides College progress and the self-reflection processes for accreditation.

• Kelly Fowler– Vice President of Instruction; Accreditation Liaison Officer
• Barbara Mezaki – Professor of American Language; Faculty Accreditation Coordinator
• Allie Frickert– Professor of History; Faculty Assistant Accreditation Coordinator
• Lianne Greenlee– Assistant Dean of Accreditation and Planning
• Michelle Sampat– Dean of Arts
• Patty Quiñones– Director of Research and Institutional Effectiveness
• Laura Martinez– Executive Assistant to the Vice President of Instruction

Mt. San Antonio College School of Continuing Education (SCE) holds a six-year status of accreditation as an adult school by the Accrediting Commission for Schools (ACS) which is a part of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC)

Mt. San Antonio College seeks to maintain the highest standards in the programs and services it offers to students. In addition to ACCJC accreditation Mt. SAC also offers specialty education programs which are accredited by professional bodies with a commitment to quality service and instruction.

Program Accreditation