As part of the WASC reaccreditation process, the campus submitted a Proposal for Accreditation which provided a plan for self-study to determine and report institutional capacity and educational effectiveness, in addition to identifying three special themes on which the campus focused during the period of reaccreditation. The campus community, by way of website access and a campus-wide summit, was involved in recommending the three special themes and finalizing the draft of the proposal text. The UCR Proposal for Accreditation was submitted to WASC on October 11, 2005, and the Commission approved the document on December 6, 2005.

The Proposal for WASC Accreditation can be viewed as a single document (with all appendices) and has been split into smaller documents for major sections in the links below:

1. Institutional Context
2. Description of Outcomes
3. Constituency Involvement
4. Approach of Preparatory Review
5. Approach for Educational Effectiveness Review
   • Learning within a Campus Culture of Diversity
   • Growing and Improving Graduate and Professional Programs
   • Improving Undergraduate Student Engagement, Experience, and Learning Outcomes
6. Workplan and Milestones
7. Effectiveness of Data Gathering and Analysis Systems
8. Proposal Data Tables:
   • Attachment 1
   • Attachment 2
9. Off-Campus and Distance Education Degree Programs
10. Institutional Stipulations
11. WASC Response to the Proposal