What are the kinds of institutional changes that require the approval of the ACCJC Substantive Change Committee?
The Substantive Change Manual, available on line at www.accjc.org under Substantive Change and Publications, clearly details the kinds of institutional changes that will require prior approval by the Substantive Change Committee. These include: a change in the mission, scope, or name of the institution (including change in degree level offered); a change in the nature of the constituency served (including closure); a change in the location or geographical area served (including establishing or closing an additional location or center); a change in the control of the institution (including merger with another institution or a change by a parent institution of one of its off-campus sites or centers into a separate institution); a change in credit awarded; a change in courses or programs or their mode of delivery that represent a significant departure from current practice (including addition of new courses/programs); the addition of courses, including general education to programs, certi
