Institutional Report

2024 Institutional Report
Final 2024 Institutional Report
Fall 2023-2024: During the 2023-2024 academic year, the WSCUC Steering Committee held regular meetings led by Sonoma State University's ALO, Stacey Bosick. Christopher N. Oberg, WSCUC Executive Vice President and SSU Staff Liaison, joined the Committee's first meeting to offer an overview of the re-accreditation process through a presentation. Following this initial meeting, the Steering Committee met bi-weekly throughout the academic year and engaged in discussions regarding SSU's alignment with the WSCUC Standards and to develop evidence in preparation for writing the official report.
During the Fall 2024 semester, monthly Steering Committee meetings were held over Zoom to discuss progress on the institutional report and any important updates that needed to be communicated. In October, online exchanges were held for students, staff, and faculty to hear about the progress made on the institutional report, as well as add their feedback and initial thoughts. The institutional report was officially submitted to WSCUC on December 12, 2024.
February 20, 2025: An offsite meeting with SSU leadership and the WSCUC Team was held. The WSCUC team provided feedback on specific information they would like more information on, which will be the focus of their visit to the campus on September 10-12, 2025.
September 10-12, 2025: The WSCUC Accreditation Team will be on campus, engaging with members across the university. Open forums will be held for the various populations:
- Faculty Forum: September 11 at 11-11:45am in Stevenson Hall 1400
- Student Forum: September 11 at 1-1:45pm in Stevenson Hall 1300
- Staff Forum: September 11 at 2-2:45pm in Stevenson Hall 1300
- Exit meeting (open to all): September 12 at 10-10:30am in Wine Spectator 1001
2017 Institutional Report
Fall 2015-2016: During Fall 2015, the Steering Committee held regular meetings and members of the committee and working groups attended WSCUC training workshops. Our WSCUC Liaison, Dr. Christopher Oberg, visited the campus to meet with the Steering Committee and presented a public forum explaining the current institutional review process (view the presentation here).
The Steering Committee continued to meet throughout 2016-2017 to lead the re-accreditation effort, and working groups finished compiling information needed to write the institutional report. Ongoing accreditation-related activities included continued assessment planning and implementation, additional WSCUC trainings, and events designed to engage the campus community and the public in the accreditation process.
February 21, 2017: As part of the accreditation process, WSCUC appointed a team of professionals from member organizations that conducted an evaluation of Sonoma State University’s self-study. SSU’s Institutional Report was submitted to the Western Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC). The report is available below and consists of nine components, or chapters, which demonstrate how SSSU meets WSCUC Standards. Additionally, the appendices provide the data and evidence to support the narrative. The WSCUC team visited the SSU campus in Fall 2017.

- Institutional Report 2017
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2.1
- Appendix 2.2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Appendix 7
- Appendix 8
- The WSCUC 2013 Handbook of Accreditation
May 2, 2017: SSU participated in an offsite meeting with the WSCUC Team. The WSCUC team provided feedback on specific information they were seeking, called Lines of Inquiry, which was the focus of a visit to the campus over October 24-26, 2017. Upon the completion of the site visit, the WSCUC Team prepared a report containing their findings, which was submitted to WSCUC for consideration in reaffirming our accreditation status.
At its meeting held February 14-16, 2018, the WSCUC Commission reaffirmed SSU's accreditation for a period of eight years. The commission's action letter of March 9, 2018 provided commendations and recommendations to SSU, as well as outlined future visits.
December 22, 2020: Sonoma State University submitted a report as a follow-up to the Western Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC)’s action letter. The report, which was overseen by SSU's Special Visit Working Group, provides a detailed response to the seven recommendations outlined by WSCUC. The Working Group met regularly in Spring, Summer, and Fall 2020. A one-page summary and the full report are available below.
- Summary of Responses to Key Recommendations
- Follow-up Report in Response to March 2018 WSCUC Action Letter
- Appendix 1
- Appendix 2
- Appendix 3
- Appendix 4
- Appendix 5
- Appendix 6
- Appendix 7
March 4-5, 2021: A WSCUC-appointed team conducted a remote Special Visit to SSU. Following the visit, an action letter dated, July 12, 2021 was received. The letter serves as formal notification and official record of action taken concerning Sonoma State University (SSU) by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) at its meeting June 25, 2021.