WASC Approves COM-FSM Follow-Up Report

College of Micronesia-FSM
At its June 9-11 meeting, the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) took action to approve the College of Micronesia – FSM’s (COM-FSM) Follow-Up Report.

The College’s Follow-Up report to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior College (ACCJC) of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges informed the accrediting commission on all resolutions the college has identified and implemented to resole four ACCJC identified recommendations.

The report was submitted on March 15, 2009, and was followed up by a visit by Mr Floyd Takeuchi of the ACCJC from April 28 – May 1, 2009. A report from Mr Takeuchi was submitted to the ACCJC after his visits to national and Chuuk state campuses.

In her June 30 letter to President Spensin James of COM-FSM, President Barbara Beno of the ACCJC said that the commission accepted the College’s Follow-Up Report yet it noted that a final resolution of the Chuuk site is still pending. President Beno wrote that the commission requires the College to report on the resolution of the Chuuk site issue, including the implementation of a reliable power source for that site, within the College’s Self Study Report. The Self Study Report is expected to be submitted by December 1, 2009.

Copies of the Commission Action Letter and the College’s Follow-Up Report are available online at http://www.comfsm.fm/Accreditation/archive.html.

During the same meeting, the ACCJC took the following actions on the following regional institutions:

College of the Marshall Islands – Reaffirmed Accreditation on the Basis of a Comprehensive Evaluation

Northern Marianas Coll:)ege – Removed from Show Cause and Reaffirmed Accreditation on the Basis of a Show Cause Report

College of Micronesia-FSM – Accepted Follow-Up Report with Visit

Guam Community College – Accepted Mid-Term Report
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