Institution-Set Standards

College Level Standards

Glendale Community College has established the following institution-set standards.

Current Standards (2023-2024)

1. Course Completion Rate

Standard: 69%

Stretch Goal: 77%

2. Degree Completion

Standard: 1,000 degrees per year

Stretch Goal: 1,200 degrees per year

3. Transfers

Standard: 900 transfers per year

Stretch Goal: 1,200 transfers per year

4. Certificate Completion

Standard: 300 certificates per year

Stretch Goal: 500 certificates per year

The Academic Senate's task force report on the process for reviewing institution-set standards at the institutional and program levels is available on SharePoint: Senate Accreditation Task Force Report to Academic Senate, Fall 2017.

History of Revisions to Institution-Set Standards

April 4, 2024: GCC Academic Senate voted to revise the success standard from 68% to 69%, the success stretch goal from 75% to 77%, the transfer standard from 1,100 to 900, and the transfer stretch goal from 1,300 to 1,200
May 4, 2023: GCC Academic Senate voted to stop including retention rate as an institution-set standard, as this is not required by the Accrediting Commission
April 7, 2022: GCC Academic Senate voted to revise the retention standard from 50% back to 47% due to the recommendations of the Institution-Set Standards Task Force report of Spring 2022
April 22, 2021: GCC Academic Senate voted to revise the standards and stretch goals (course completion standard from 67% to 68%; retention standard from 47% to 50% and stretch goal from 50% to 57%; degree standard from 550 to 1,000 and stretch goal from 900 to 1,200; transfer standard from 850 to 1,100 and stretch goal from 950 to 1,300; certificate standard from 200 to 300 and stretch goal from 225 to 500)
February 21, 2019: GCC Academic Senate voted not to adjust any standards
March 15, 2018: GCC Academic Senate revised the Degree Completion standard from 500 degrees per year to 550 degrees per year, and the Transfers standard from 800 transfers to 850 transfers
May 18, 2017: GCC Academic Senate revised the Degree Completion standard from 350 degrees per year to 500 degrees per year
May 31, 2013: Team A approved the initial institution-set standards
May 16, 2013: GCC Academic Senate proposed the initial institution-set standards

Previous Standards (2013-2014 through 2016-2017)

Course Completion Rate - 67%
Retention Rate - 47%
Degree Completion - 350 degrees per year [raised to 500 in 2016-2017 and to 550 in 2017-2018]
Transfers - 800 transfers per year [raised to 850 in 2017-2018]
Certificate Completion - 200 certificates per year

Reports

Program Level Standards

The college has also set standards for employment rate and licensure exam pass rate for its career technical education (CTE) programs. The documents below show these program level standards.

Reports

Note: The reports above include institution-set standards at the program level for career education programs' job placement rates and licensure exam pass rates. These standards, as well as institutional standards, are reported in GCC's Annual Reports to the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges (ACCJC). A different but related standard for the job placement rate aggregated across programs is published in GCC's Institutional Effectiveness Report.

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