Organizational Structure
The Chancellor is ultimately responsible for UCR's reaccreditation process; in 2004, then Chancellor France Córdova delegated that responsibility to then Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost Ellen Wartella, who appointed a Steering Committee and Subcommittees to guide the process. Currently, Chancellor Timothy P. White and Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost Dallas Rabenstein kept the same steering committee and subcommittee structure. The UCR Accreditation Liaison Officer (ALO) is the official representative of the campus to WASC and the person through whom communication between WASC and UCR takes place. David Fairris, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, is UCR's ALO and can be reached via e-mail at WASC@ucr.edu or by telephone at 951-827-7750.
Appointment of UCR WASC Steering Committee:
In November 2004 Executive Vice Chancellor/Provost Ellen Wartella appointed a WASC Steering Committee, currently co-chaired by Professor Eugene Nothnagel and Vice Provost Yolanda Moses, to plan and oversee the upcoming cycle of WASC reaccreditation.
WASC Steering Committee Membership (2009-10)
- Eugene Nothnagel, Faculty Co-Chair, Professor of Plant Physiology
- Yolanda Moses, Administrative Co-Chair, Vice Provost for Conflict Resolution and
Associate Vice Chancellor for Excellence and Diversity - Gary Coyne, Graduate Student Association (GSA) President
- Stephen Cullenberg, Dean, College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences
- Bob Daly, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Budget
- Sharon Duffy, Faculty Representative, Professor of Education
- David Fairris, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- John Gary, Faculty Representative, Professor of Physics and Astronomy
- Robert Gill, Special Consultant
- Tom Lutz, Faculty Representative, Professor of Creative Writing
- Jessica Maldonado, ASUCR President
- Thomas Payne, Faculty Co-Chair of Educational Effectiveness Subcommittee, Associate Professor of Computer Science
- Veronica Ruiz, Staff Assembly President, AVC -- Enrollment Department
- James Sandoval, Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Faculty representatives were suggested by the Academic Senate Committee on Committees, undergraduate and graduate student representatives were suggested by the ASUCR and GSA, and the staff representative was suggested by the Staff Assembly.
Subcommittees of UCR WASC Steering Committee:
Two subcommittees were established in February 2005, one on Institutional Capacity and one on Educational Effectiveness.
WASC Institutional Capacity Subcommittee
The Institutional Capacity Subcommittee completed its tasks with the preparation of the Preparatory Review Report and the coordination of the followup WASC visit, so it has been disbanded.
Institutional Capacity Subcommittee Purpose:
- Develop Evidence to Demonstrate Compliance with the Four WASC Standards
- Defining Institutional Purposes and Ensuring Educational Objectives
- Achieving Educational Objectives through Core Functions
- Developing and Applying Resources and Organizational Structures to Ensure Sustainability
- Creating an Organization Committed to Learning and Improvement
- Assure that UCR has effective data gathering and analysis systems
- Prepare the Preparatory Review Report
- Reflective and Concluding Essays corresponding to the WASC Standards
- Institutional Portfolio of descriptive data, policies, exhibits, and data displays
- Appendix with Institutional Response to previous team recommendations
- Maximum of 35 pages, exclusive of exhibits and appendices
- Posted for General Campus Comment on November 14, 2007
- General Campus Comments were due by December 5, 2007
- Submitted to WASC on December 20, 2007
- Was followed by a WASC site visit March 12-14, 2008
WASC Educational Effectiveness Subcommittee Membership (2009-10)
- Thomas Payne, Faulty Co-Chair, Associate Professor of Computer Science
- David Fairris, Administrative Co-chair, Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
- Susan Allen-Ortega, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Dean of Students
- Ken Baerenklau, Associate Dean of the Graduate Division
- Bob Daly, Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Planning and Budget
- Javier Garay, Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Committee on Diversity and Equal Opportunity Representative
- Gerhard Gierz, Professor of Mathematics and Committee on Preparatory Education Representative
- Robert Gill, Special Consultant
- Yolanda Moses, Vice Provost for Conflict Resolution and Associate Vice Chancellor for Excellence and Diversity
- Eugene Nothnagel, Professor of Plant Physiology and Committee on Educational Policy Representative
- Patsy Oppenheim, Assistant Vice Provost, Undergraduate Education
- Junelyn Peeples, Director of Institutional Research, Undergraduate Education
- Robert Schwabe, UCR Alumni Representative
- Alan Williams, Associate Professor of Geophysics and Graduate Council Representative
- Associated Students of UCR (ASUCR) Representative (to be determined)
- Graduate Student Association (GSA) Representative (to be determined)
Educational Effectiveness Subcommittee Purpose:
- In depth study of three special themes:
- Learning within a Campus Culture of Diversity
- Growing and Improving Graduate and Professional Programs
- Improving Undergraduate Student Engagement, Experience, and Learning Outcomes
- Thorough assessment of UCR compliance with four WASC Standards
- Defining Institutional Purposes and Ensuring Educational Objectives
- Achieving Educational Objectives through Core Functions
- Developing and Applying Resources and Organizational Structures to Ensure Sustainability
- Creating an Organization Committed to Learning and Improvement
- Preparing the Educational Effectiveness Report
- Description of the Educational Effectiveness Approach
- Deep engagement and analysis of Educational Effectiveness, including analytical essays regarding the special themes
- Supportive evidence for the analysis of Educational Effectiveness, building on the institutional portfolio prepared for the Preparatory Review
- An integrative component
- Maximum of 50 pages, exclusive of exhibits
- Was submitted July 7, 2009
- Will be followed by WASC site visit October 27-29, 2009