The WASC Educational Effectiveness visit is scheduled for February 13-15, 2008. The WASC team of evaluators consists of six members from diverse fields and campuses throughout the state and across the nation. They received the Educational Effectiveness Report (EER) in late November. During their visit to CSUDH they will be meeting with members of the campus community to validate the evidence of effective educational opportunities and quality academic programs as described in the EER. They will be reviewing evidence of student learning (such as student work samples) and programmatic change (as described in program self-studies and program effectiveness reports). Also they will determine the extent to which recommendations made after the Capacity Preparatory Review visit in 2006 have been implemented, as well as the progress the campus has made in achieving the goals and answering the researchable questions identified in the Institutional Proposal.

We encourage the campus community to review the EER and the CSUDH WASC website to become familiar with the University's "points of pride." We wish to demonstrate to the visiting team the remarkable accomplishments that have been achieved by the campus community in spite of the challenges that we have faced. Please make yourself available for interviews as requested and attend the Celebration of Creative and Scholarly Activity reception sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the campus WASC self-study team, scheduled for Wednesday, February 13th from 5:00-7:00 p.m., and the Annual Campus Poster Session Showcase, Thursday, February 14th from 11:30-1:00 p.m.

As in the past, the campus self study has centered around four themes: Academic Quality, Campus Change, Diversity, and Civic Engagement. Each Core Issue provides an overview of the information provided in the EER as evidence of campus efforts to answer the researchable questions related to these important issues.