PUBLIC NOTIFICATION REGARDING EVALUATION FOR CONTINUING ACCREDITATION: SPOKANE COMMUNITY COLLEGE & SPOKANE FALLS COMMUNITY COLLEGE Spokane Community College and Spokane Falls Community College are proud to be accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, an independent nonprofit membership organization recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation as the regional authority on educational quality and institutional effectiveness of higher education. SCC and SFCC are accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities at the associate degree level, with both institutions receiving reaffirmation of their accreditation in 2012. An evaluation committee of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities will visit SCC on October 9-11, 2013, and SFCC on October 16-18, 2013, to conduct a comprehensive evaluation for continuing accreditation. Public comments are sought on SCC and SFCC's qualifications for reaffirmation of accreditation. Members of the public are invited to send comments in writing directly to the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities, 8060 165th Ave. N.E., Suite 100, Redmond, WA 98052. Comments must be signed and received no later than September 20, 2013, for consideration. The Commission also may be reached by phone, (425) 558-4224, or fax, (425) 376-0596. Comments will be forwarded, as received, to SCC and SFCC, the evaluation committees and the commission. A copy of the Commission's "Public Notification and Third Party Comments Regarding Full-Scale Evaluations" is available via "Standards and Policies" and then "Policies" at http://www.nwccu.org. Regional accreditation of postsecondary institutions is a voluntary, nongovernmental, self-regulatory process of quality assurance and institutional improvement. It recognizes higher education institutions for performance, integrity and quality to merit the confidence of the educational community and the public. For information about SCC's accreditation, visit http://www.scc.spokane.edu/?accred. For information about SFCC's accreditation, visit http://www.spokanefalls.edu/College/Accreditation.aspx SR26238
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