2025 Reaffirmation of Accreditation

WSCUC Reaffirmation

On February 14, 2025, UC Berkeley's institutional accreditation was reaffirmed for a period of ten years by the WASC Senior College & University Commission (WSCUC). This confirms that the University of California, Berkeley completed the Thematic Pathway for Reaffirmation institutional review process conducted under the 2023 Standards of Accreditation.

Spring 2025
WASC reaffirms UC Berkeley accreditation

Fall 2024
Accreditation site visit by WSCUC Peer Review Team on 25-27 September, 2024

Spring 2022
Campus Steering Committee charged and convened

Summer 2024
Submission of Institutional Self Report to WSCUC in July 2024

Spring 2024
Institutional report and and completed compliance form circulated with Campus Steering Committee and key campus stakeholders for input.

Summer 2023 & Fall 2023
Data collection and initial drafting of institutional report and responses to federal compliance form documents.

Spring 2023
Campus Steering Committee reviews WSCUC comments on TPR Proposal and begins self-study process

Summer & Fall 2022
Thematic Pathway for Reaffirmation (TPR) Proposal drafted and circulated with campus stakeholders, and submitted to WSCUC in October 2022

Peer Review Team

Name	Title
Jay Hartzell Chair	President, University of Texas, Austin
Kelly Wahl Vice Chair	Assistant Dean, UCLA Summer Sessions and Strategic Initiatives, Vice Chair
Clare Shinnerl	Vice Chancellor Finance, Operations and Administration & CFO at University of California, Davis
Elaine Treharne	Senior Associate Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, Stanford University
Paul Kang	Associate Vice Provost and ALO, Institutional Planning, University of California, Irvine

Campus Steering Committee

Name	Title
Oliver O'Reilly Chair	Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Amani Allen	Vice Chair, Berkeley Division of Academic Senate
Audrey Thomas	Director of Data and Institutional Research, Undergraduate Education
Chris Stanich	Associate Vice Chancellor, Financial Planning & Analysis
Dania Matos	Vice Chancellor for Equity and Inclusion
Daniel Feitelberg	Interim Vice Chancellor for Finance and Chief Financial Officer
David Ackerly	Dean, Rausser College of Natural Resources
Jenna Johnson-Hanks	Executive Dean, College of Letters and Science
Kenneth Ng	ASUC Academic Affairs Vice President
Leslie Harlson	Executive Director, Berkeley Discovery Initiative
Lisa Alvarez-Cohen	Vice Provost for Academic Planning
Lisa García Bedolla	Vice Provost for Graduate Studies & Dean of the Graduate Division
McKalee Steen	Graduate Assembly Representative
Max Auffhammer	Chair, Berkeley Division of Academic Senate
Olufemi Ogundele	Associate Vice Chancellor of Enrollment & Dean of Undergraduate Admission In Fall 2023, Adam Hillier, Strategic Initiatives Advisor, is serving as interim representative for the Office of Undergraduate Admissions
Sara Guyer	Dean, Division of Arts and Humanities, College of Letters and Science
Sereeta Alexander	Director, Office of Planning and Analysis
Steve Sutton	Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs
Victoria Plaut	Vice Provost for the Faculty
Sumali Tuchrello	Project Policy Analyst, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education

Staff

Name	Title
Catherine Cronquist Browning	Assistant Vice Provost and Chief of Staff, Office of the Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education
Sumali Tuchrello	Project Policy Analyst, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost