Accreditation Corner: Fall 2025 Update

Nov 12, 2025
Moreno Valley College
Photos of accreditation process participants

Welcome to the Fall 2025 issue of the Accreditation Corner, a semesterly newsletter covering MVC's accreditation process. In this edition, we're sharing our ISER draft.

Half-Time Report

The focus of the semester was to share MVC’s Institutional Self-Evaluation Report (ISER) and collect feedback to ensure the accreditation report truly reflects the amazing work of the college to support student success and institutional effectiveness.

The drafts of the four standards were posted to the College website with a call for feedback from the college community. We’d like to thank everyone who took the time to provide input.

In addition, the Institutional Self-Evaluation Report was shared through the governance process, specifically undergoing a first and second read at Academic Senate, Associated Students of MVC, and College Council.

Finally, the Accreditation Work Group reviewed and discussed the draft with additional shareholders across the college, including Ben Clark Education Center, to allow for a truly representative document.  

Timeline

  1. FALL 2025: Collect feedback on ISER from college community and share ISER through college governance processes 
  2. SPRING 2026: Share ISER through district governance processes
  3. AUGUST 2026: ISER due on August 1
  4. SPRING 2027: Site visit

What is Accreditation?

Accreditation is a process that ensures that an institution of higher education meets established standards of quality and provides degrees, certificates, and/or credits that students and the community can trust. The process also verifies that institutions have the resources and infrastructure to sustain and improve the quality of their educational offerings and services.

As a result of a successful accreditation process, institutions gain an accredited status that qualifies them for federal grants and contracts, enables them to distribute federal financial aid, and ensures that their students can transfer credits to another accredited institution. Many employers also require credentials from accredited institutions as a condition of employment.

Ultimately, an accredited status signifies to all interested parties that an institution meets expectations for educational quality, sound institutional practice, and resources for students’ success (from the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges).

These are the four accreditation standards:

  • Standard 1: Institutional Mission and Effectiveness
  • Standard 2: Student Success
  • Standard 3: Infrastructure and Resources
  • Standard 4: Governance and Decision-Making

Learn More About Accreditation

Accreditation is a process that encourages institutions like Moreno Valley College to improve academic quality, student success, and institutional effectiveness. MVC is accredited by ACCJC, the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges. Accreditation is an eight-year cycle, and the college is currently working on the Institutional Self-Evaluation Report.

If you’d like to learn more about or participate in accreditation at Moreno Valley College, please contact the accreditation leads: Sonya Nyrop or Vice President Joumana McGowan.

We invite everyone to read the current draft of the College’s Institutional Self-Evaluation Report.

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