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LPC Mission Statement

Las Positas College is an inclusive, learning centered, equity-focused environment that offers educational opportunities and support for completion of students’ transfer, degree, and career-technical goals while promoting lifelong learning.

LPC Planning Priorities

Equity: Establish a knowledge base and an appreciation for equity; create a sense of urgency about moving toward equity; institutionalize equity in decision-making, assessment, and accountability; and build capacity to resolve inequities.

Student Success & Completion: Increase student success and completion through change in college practices and processes: coordinating needed academic support, removing barriers, and supporting focused professional development across the campus.

Health and Wellness: Establish a knowledgebase and an appreciation for health and wellness in the workplace; create a sense of urgency about wellness in decision-making, assessment, and accountability; and build capacity to support wellness

Accreditation Steering Committee
Agenda

MEETING DATE: 10/20/2026

1. Welcome

2. Approval of Agenda

3. Approval of Prior Minutes

  •  Draft Minutes – 9/15/26

4. ACCJC Updates

  • Accreditation Midterm Report
  • Preparing for ISER Training
    • Stakeholders

5. The RSI Rubric- Learning, Communicating, and Planning 

  • 30 – 40 mins

6. Webinars (see attachment)

  • The Impact of New Federal Regulations on American Higher Education 
    Institutions (Including Yours), Thursday, November 12 | 3:30 – 4:30 pm 
    PT
  • AI Transfer Tools to Assist Institutions in Meeting the 2027 Federal 
    Regulations for American Higher Education Institutions (Including Yours),  Thursday, December 3 | 3:30 – 4:30 pm PT 

Webinar and Student Success Stories Attachment

7. Accreditation Survey Updates

8. Good of the Order

 

Timelines

  • October 12 to 24: Student Satisfaction Survey Administration
  • November 2 to 13: Employee Accreditation Survey Administration
  • November 6, 2:00 to 5:00 pm: ISER Training
  • September 2028: ISER due to the Board of Trustees
  • October/November 2028: Board of Trustees
  • December 15, 2028: ISER Due to ACCJC 

Time: 3:30 PM

Location: Zoom

Membership

Chairs:

  • Nan Ho, Co-chair
  • Rajinder Samra, Co-chair

Voting Members:

  • Amy Mattern
  • Karin Spirn
  • Michael Schwarz
  • Michael Sullivan
  • Sarah Lounsbury
  • Stuart McElderry
  • Tim Druley
  • Classified Rep: Kat King

Non-Voting Members:

  • LPCSG Rep: Daniel Vargas