LTCC receives 6-year accreditation

Lake Tahoe Community College’s accreditation has been reaffirmed for another six years by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.

The accrediting commission was in South Lake Tahoe last October to evaluate the two-year school.

LTCC has until Oct. 15 to demonstrate that it has addressed the commission’s five recommendations. The recommendations include:continuing LTCC’s current planning effort using the Educational Master Plan to drive the technology, facility and human resources plans; adding more quantitative measurements to the college’s documents to help with assessment of how well the college is meeting its objectives; building on the work done in course student learning outcomes and accelerate the SLO assessment processes for programs and institution outcomes to meet the fall 2012 accreditation requirements; consistently and formally evaluate all of the college’s core systems and processes, including governance, budgeting, communication, planning, and decision-making; and analyze staffing in the administration area and make sure the president’s job does not include one-third of the vice president of Business responsibility.

The commission is also concerned about the loss of income resulting from the end of the Good Neighbor Policy between California and Nevada. The commission wants LTCC to provide information on the effect of this policy change.