• June 2026 Commission Actions

    July 9, 2026 - The Commission

During the month of June, the WASC Senior College and University Commission (WSCUC) took action on the following institutions. Copies of Commission action letters and visiting team reports are available on the WSCUC website at www.wscuc.org/directory, with the exception of Substantive Change reports and Interim Reports, which are not made public.

 

Following Accreditation Visit – Issue a Warning

  • Dominican University of California
  • La Sierra University

Following a Special Visit – Issue a Warning

  • William Jessup University
  • Saint Mary’s College of California

 

Following a Special Visit – Continue the Notice of Concern

  • Menlo College

 

Following Accreditation Visit– Remove Notice of Concern

  • Pacific Union College

 

Following a Special Visit – Remove Notice of Concern

  • Azusa Pacific University

 

Following an Accreditation Visit – Impose Probation

  • Lincoln University

 

Following a Special Visit – Order to Show Cause

  • Claremont School of Theology

 

Following a Special Visit – Proceed to reaffirmation

  • Edvance College
  • Occidental College
  • Universidad de Las Americas

 

Grant Candidacy

  • Southern California Institute of Technology

 

Grant Initial Accreditation for 6 Years

  • Universidad Popular Autonoma del Estado de Puebla
  • Kansas Health Science University

 

Grant Initial Accreditation for 8 Years

  • Southwestern Law School
  • Institut Européen d’Administration des Affaires

 

Reaffirm Accreditation for 10 Years

  • Westmont College
  • San Diego State University
  • California State University, San Marcos

 

Reaffirm Accreditation for 8 Years

  • Biola University
  • Otis College of Art and Design
  • St. John’s Seminary in California
  • San Joaquin Valley College
  • California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
  • Lincoln Law School of Sacramento
  • Western University of Health Sciences
  • Touro University California
  • Saybrook University

 

Reaffirm Accreditation for 6 Years

  • San Francisco Bay University
  • Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Science
  • The Master’s University and Seminary
  • Fielding Graduate University
  • Pacific Union College

 

SUBSTANTIVE CHANGE APPROVALS

Ph.D. in Indian Classical Music
New Degree program (distance education)

University of La Verne

Los Angeles Valley College
5800 Fulton Ave., Valley Glen, CA 91401
Additional location

San Francisco State University

Downtown Location at UC Law SF
198 McAllister Street; San Francisco, CA 94102
Additional location

William Jessup University

San Jose Campus
2315 Canoas Garden venue, San Jose, CA 95125
Additional location

San Diego Christian College

2305 Historic Decatur Road, Suite 100; San Diego, CA 92106
Main Campus relocation

California State University, Fresno

Lemoore College
555 College Ave, Building 400, Lemoore, CA 93245
Additional location

Notre Dame de Namur University

Brentwood Union School District
340 Smith Rd., Brentwood, CA 94513
Additional location

University of California, San Diego

Southwestern Community College
900 Otay Lakes Rd, Chula Vista, CA 91910-7297
Additional location
 

STRUCTURAL CHANGES APPROVALS

Fielding Graduate University

Change of Control of Fielding Graduate University to Excelsior University

Pacific College

Change of Ownership to Westcliff University

United States University

Approval of the proposed acquisition of and merger with Aspen University