Every ten years the college participates in a comprehensive re-accreditation evaluation by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU). In the fall of 2000 South participated in this evaluation. During the interim years, the college works toward attaining the goals outlined in the institutional self-study as well as addressing areas of improvement recommended by the evaluation committee. The college was visited by a Commission accreditation review team in October 2005 for the required five-year interim progress report.

Key documents related to this 5 year accreditation cycle are posted below. Also posted below are key documents related to the 10 year accreditation cycle. If you have trouble opening the PDF files, please read "PDF Help."

Please contact the office of the Vice President of Instruction 206-764-5353, if you have questions or need additional information.

2005 Final Fifth Year Interim Report from the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
(18 page PDF file)

Note: The recommendations listed at the beginning of this report are from the full, ten-year Accreditation Review conducted in 2000; this report notes the college response to those recommendations. The summary of findings from this interim, five-year review is found at the end of this report; the college received five commendations and no recommendations for improvement.

2005 Fifth Year Interim Report from the college
(82 page PDF file)

2002 Progress Report for Reaffirmation of Accreditation
(6 page PDF file)

2000 Evaluation Committee Report
(40 page PDF file)

2000 Institutional Self Study
(196 page PDF file available in the following sections)

Executive Summary   (pages i-vi)
Table of Contents   (pages vii-xi)
Acronyms   (pages xiii-xv)
Preface   (pages xvii-xxvii)

Standard I  Institutional Mission & Goals, Planning &
 Effectiveness (pages 1-12)
Standard II  Educational Program & Its Effectiveness
    (pages 13-110)
Standard III  Students and Student Services
    (pages 111-134)
Standard IV  Faculty
    (pages 135-146)
Standard V  Library and Information Resources
    (pages 147-154)
Standard VI  Governance and Administration
    (pages 155-166)
Standard VII  Finance
    (pages 167-180)
Standard VIII  Physical Resources
   (pages 181-188)
Standard IX  Institutional Integrity
    (pages 189-196)

• Information about 2005 Interim Review (4 page PDF)
• 2005-2007 Institutional Goals  (2 page PDF)
• 2005-2007 College Wide Priorities  (1 page PDF)
• 2003-2004 Progress Report  (1 page PDF)
• 2003-2005 College Wide Priorities  (1 page PDF)



• Mission Statement
• Student Learning Outcomes
• Student Statistics and Enrollment Data