The leadership of the community college accrediting body dismissed
the U.S. Department’s statement affirming the authority of an accrediting body
to extend deadlines for accreditation. Barbara Beno, President of the Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC) said the U.S. Education
Department’s statement was “gibberish” and reaffirmed ACCJC's decision to take CCSF's accreditation July 2014.
ACCJC: "We're Quality Assurers"
Beno with commission Chairwoman Sherril Amador and Vice
Chairman Steven Kinsella remained adamant that CCSF failed to fulfull its
obligations during a meeting with SF Gate, reported Nanette Asimov, the paper's education beat writer. The SF Gate editorial the day before supported the extension of time for CCSF to continue to correct its
identified problems. However, Beno’s
subsequent words rejected the editorial's sentiments.
Simply, Beno and the ACCJC words reaffirms their hardline
attitude towards CCSF and demonstrated no interest in taking advantage of the U.S.
Department of Education openness to allow ACCJC to extend deadlines.
CCSF’s fate is all but sealed in so far as ACCJC is
concerned. They are sticking to their
guns come hell and high water.
One Way Out
It's clearer and clearer CCSF’s ultimate fate is wrapped up in the
October 2014 court trial between the City of San Francisco vs. ACCJC.
Related: ACCJC: Know Your Enemy, Part One
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