Accreditation
Please email pvc-accreditation@paloverde.edu if you have questions.
Current Accreditation Liaison Officer:
Dr. Sam Robinson
sam.robinson@paloverde.edu
ACCJC Third-Party Comment Process
Per ACCJC requirements, we are required to provide access to the public to allow for third-party comments to be submitted directly to ACCJC.
Institutional Self Evaluation Report- August 2026
ACCJC Action Letter Response - July 2026
ACCJC Action Letter & Institutional Response - March 2026
- ACCJC Action Letter March 23, 2026
- Institutional Response to ACCJC Complaint - Governance Standards 4.3, 4.5, and 4.6
- Institutional Response to ACCJC Complaint - Institutional Integrity and Ethics
ACCJC Action Letter - June 12, 2024
PVC Midterm Report
ACCJC Action Letter and Peer Review Findings - January 2023 (Reaffirmed Accreditation)
Palo Verde College Follow-Up Report - October 2022
- Letter to Community reqarding follow-up report to ACCJC - Due October 1,2022.
- Palo Verde College Follow-Up Report - October 2022 - The Palo Verde College Follow-Up Report and Appendix A Palo Verde College SAOs Mapped to ILOs is posted for public comment. Any comments should be sent to the Accreditation Liason Officer sam.robinson@paloverde.edu.
ACCJC Action Letter and Peer Review Findings - January 2022
Palo Verde College Follow-Up Report - October 2021
- Palo Verde College Follow-Up Report - October 2021 - The Palo Verde College Follow-Up Report is posted for public comment. Any comments should be sent to the Accreditation Liason Officer sam.robinson@paloverde.edu.
ACCJC Action Letter and Peer Review Findings - June 2020
Institutional Self Evaluation Report (ISER) - December 13, 2019
- PVC ISER (Once inside the ISER, we recommend opening any evidence file links using a control-click to simplify navigation.)
- ACCJC Third Party Comment web form: https://accjc.org/forms/third-party-comments/
Accreditation Status
Palo Verde College is accredited by the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges of the Western Association of Schools and Colleges, an institutional accrediting body recognized by the Commission on Recognition of Postsecondary Accreditation and the U.S. Department of Education.
- Nursing Program
- The PVC nursing program is an Approved Vocational Nursing Program with Full Approval
by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians, effective February
23, 2019, for four years.
VN - Issues and Concerns: - Sharlene dela Rosa, MSN RN
Nursing Education Consultant
Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians
2535 Capitol Oaks Drive, Suite 205
Sacramento, CA 95833
Phone: (916) 699-0170
Email: Sharlene.delaRosa@dca.ca.gov
VN Pass Rates CNA - Issues and Concerns: - https://www.cdph.ca.gov/Pages/contact_us.aspx
California Department of Public Health (CDPH)
PO Box 997377
MS 0500
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
For General Public Information: (916) 558-1784
CNA Pass Rates - Sharlene dela Rosa, MSN RN
- The PVC nursing program is an Approved Vocational Nursing Program with Full Approval
by the Board of Vocational Nursing and Psychiatric Technicians, effective February
23, 2019, for four years.
- CTE Outcome Survey 2022
- CTE Outcome Survey 2021
- CTE Outcome Survey 2020
- CTE Outcome Survey 2019