WASC Reaccreditation

2026 WSCUC Reaffirmation of Accreditation 

Starting in 2024, UCR began the reaffirmation of accreditation process with the creation of a timeline, identification of key units and personnel to participate in the process, and engagement with the Assessment Advisory Committee. The timeline and process were  then shared with campus leadership. From fall 2024 through winter 2026, UCR's ALO led the process of obtaining evidence, creating the self-study, and writing the institution report. Throughout this process, materials were shared with the Academic Senate, Staff Assembly, student leaders, faculty, staff, and campus leadership with multiple rounds of feedback. 

Click the tabs to the left to access documents related to the 2026 Reaffirmation of Accreditation.

As part of UCR's 2026 Reaffirmation of Accreditation visit, the institution went through a period of self-reflection. The result was a comprehensive report that covered all accreditation standards. This report is complete and is available for your review.

READ THE 2026 WSCUC Reaffirmation of Accreditation Institution REPORT

If you have trouble accessing the document, please reach out to Omar Safie (omar.safie@ucr.edu).

Position

Name

Associate Provost and ALO (chair)

Ken Baerenklau

Associate Dean for Graduate Academic Affairs,

Graduate Division

Kate Sweeney

Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs,

Bourns College of Engineering

Huinan Liu

Associate Dean for Student Academic Affairs,

College of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences

Covadonga Lamar Prieto

Divisional Dean for Student Academic Affairs,

College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Stephanie Dingwall

Associate Dean for the Undergraduate Program,

School of Business

Thomas Kramer

Vice Provost and Dean of Undergraduate Education

Louie Rodriguez

Chair of the Academic Senate

Ken Barish

Director of the Center for Teaching and Learning

Richard Edwards

Director of Evaluation and Assessment (co-chair of meta-assessment)

Omar Safie

Senate representative, Committee on Education Policy

Matthew Casselman

Senate representative, Graduate Council

Long Gao

Senate representative

Juliette Levy

Senate representative

John Ellison

Faculty representative, Meta Assessment Committee

Goldberry Long

VCPBA Representative

Susana Salazar

Co-curricular representative

Health, Well Being, and Safety

Kritika Gupta

After reviewing the materials submitted in February 2026, a WASC Review Team outlined five commendations and sixteen Lines of Inquiry in a videoconference Offsite Review with UCR leadership on April 16, 2026. Below you can view the Offsite Review Summary Lines of Inquiry document.

Offsite Review (OSR) Summary Lines of Inquiry

UCR’s accreditation visit is scheduled for Wednesday, October 27 through Friday, October 30. Below is the overall structure of the visit. Small Group sessions involve UCR participants invited by the Visiting Team to discuss the various Lines of Inquiry (LOI). All members of the campus community are invited to attend an appropriate Open Session, which are identified with date, time, and location.

 

Tuesday, October 27, 2026

  • UCR Palm Desert

Wednesday, October 28, 2026

  • Introductory Sessions

    • Orientation Meeting with ALO and Staff

    • Meeting with CEO

    • Meeting with WSCUC Steering Committee

    • Meeting with Senior Staff/Chancellor’s Cabinet

  • Small Group Sessions

    • LOI 1: Social Mobility

    • LOI 2: Strategic Plan

    • LOI 3: Undergrad Education Goals, General Education, Core Competencies, and AAC&U VALUE Rubrics

    • LOI 8: Graduate Education

    • LOI 9: Student Advising in Business School

    • LOI 15: Facilities Growth and Capital Expenditures

  • Open Session 

    • Students – 1pm to 1:50pm – HUB 269 

Thursday, October 29, 2026

  • Small Group Sessions

    • LOI 4: Course and Program Learning Outcomes

    • LOIs 5 and 6: CANVAS and Course Assessment

    • LOI 7: New and Low Enrollment Programs

    • LOI 10: Program Review

    • LOIs 11 and 12: RCM and Financial Performance

    • LOI 13: Budget Development

    • LOI 14: Staff (and others) Well-Being

    • LOI 16: IT, AI, and Cybersecurity

  • Open Sessions 

    • Faculty – 9am to 9:50am – HUB 269

    • Staff – 1pm to 1:50pm – HUB 269

Friday, October 30, 2026

  • Open Session:

    • Exit Meeting – 11:30am to 12:00pm – Student Success Center MPR

Dear Campus Community:
 
UCR is hosting a site visit by the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) on October 28-30, 2026 in connection with our accreditation.
 
WSCUC understands that not everyone who may wish to participate can be invited to or attend scheduled meetings with the visiting team and has therefore established a confidential email account to give everyone the opportunity to communicate with the team. 
 
The email account is created by WSCUC and only authorized WSCUC staff and team members have access to the emails submitted. 
 
The emails are not viewed by any representative of UCR. The email account is created for this visit only and will be closed once the interview sessions are completed. Only comments made before or during the review will be considered as part of the review process.
 
Institutional stakeholders are invited to provide comments on issues of academic rigor and consistency, availability of student support services, accuracy of information provided by the institution, and other matters related to the quality of the educational experience or the operational effectiveness of the institution.
 
Institutional reports, on-campus interviews, open sessions, and email comments become part of the information collected and reviewed by the team. If the team chooses to include information derived from confidential emails as a part of its findings in the team report, the information will be presented to keep the author’s identity confidential. Please note that team members will not respond individually to comments provided through the confidential email account. However, the input from comments, along with other forms of information, will be considered as the team undertakes its work and develops recommendations to the institution.      

The team is not able to meet individually with members of the campus community, so please do not use the email account to request private appointments.

To write to the WSCUC team, please address your email to the following confidential account supplied by WSCUC: ucr@wscuc.org