Current Cycle
2026 Peer Review Team Evaluation
During the 2026 calendar year, a 5-person peer review team working with ACCJC is reviewing Cañada's Institutional Self Evaluation Report.
On Monday, September 28, 2026, the 5-person peer review team will visit the Cañada campus to meet with campus constituencies and share their final assessment of our institutional self evalation.
Please mark your calendar for the ACCJC Evaluation Team Site Visit
On Monday, September 28, a five-member visiting evaluation team from the Accreditation Commission for Junior and Community Colleges (ACCJC) will be visiting our campus. This is a critical step in our accreditation process and it is an important opportunity for you to participate in that process and connect with our peer reviewers. There will be two opportunities for you to participate:
Open Forum
12 – 1 p.m.
Building 6, Room 101/102
The Open Forum will be an in-person opportunity for faculty, staff and students to speak openly with the peer review team about your experiences at the College, our programs and our campus environment. Your voice and perspective are an important part of the accreditation process. We encourage you to attend and participate in this important conversation.
Please note, SMCCCD Board Members, College President and senior leadership team will not be attending this open forum so that community members may feel free to speak candidly and directly to the members of the peer review team.
Exit Report
2 – 2:30 p.m.
Building 6, Room 101/102
The Exit Report is a verbal briefing given by the visiting evaluation team to a College's leadership, faculty, staff and students at the conclusion of their official accreditation site visit. This report acts as a high-level summary of the team’s preliminary findings before they submit their final, formal written report to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). This will be the moment when we learn the results of our comprehensive institutional evaluation process and our accreditation status.
Questions? Please contact Dean Engel, Cañada's Accreditation Liaison Officer and Dean of Planning, Research, Innovation & Effectiveness.
2025 Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER)
As of fall 2023, Cañada College is in the process of conducting a comprehensive institutional self evaluation as part of its continuous improvement processes and accreditation cycle. The College will be addressing the new ACCJC accreditation standards (2024).
On May 15, 2024, PBC adopted the detailed timeline below for preparing the College's Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER) in time to submit it to the ACCJC by December 15, 2025.
Information about the self-evaluation process will be posted here. For additional information, please contact Cañada's Accreditation Liaison Officer, Dr. Karen Engel.
Please see the links to the left for more information.
Notice to the campus community and the general public: if you would like to submit third-party comments to the Accrediting Commission for Junior and Community Colleges (ACCJC) directly as part of our comprehensive peer review accreditation process, you may do so via this third-party comment form.