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2023–2029 Accreditation Cycle

Year TMCC Reports NWCCU Responses & Communications
2029 Year Seven Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness Self-Study  
2028 Year 6 Policies, Regulations, and Financial Review Self-Study  
2025 Mid-Cycle Review Self-Study  
2024 Ad Hoc Report  

2016–2022 Accreditation Cycle

In 2020 NWCCU adopted new Standards and a reporting structure to include Year Six Policies, Regulations, and Financial Review (PRFR) and Year Seven Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (EIE) Reports. TMCC began this accreditation cycle under the 2010 Standards but will be reevaluated under the 2020 Standards.

Year TMCC Reports NWCCU Responses & Communications
2022-23 Evaluation of Institutional Effectiveness (Oct. 2022) Accreditation Letter (Feb. 2023)
Year 7 EIE Peer-Evaluation (Nov. 2022)
2021-22 Policies, Regulations, and Financial Review (PRFR) Self-Evaluation (Oct. 2021) PRFR Evaluation Committee's Review (Feb. 2022)
2018-19 Mid-Cycle Self-Evaluation (Sept. 2018)
Ad Hoc Report on Recommendations 3, 5, 6, 7 (Sept. 2018)		 Acceptance of Mid-Cycle, Ad Hoc Reports (Jan. 2019)
Recommendations 3, 5, 6, 7 from 2015 Year Seven Peer Evaluation are satisfied.
Mid-Cycle Peer-Evaluation (Oct. 2018)
2017-18 Second Ad Hoc Report on Recommendation 4 (Sept. 2017) Acceptance of Ad Hoc Report (Feb. 2018)
Recommendation 4 from 2015 Year Seven Peer Evaluation is satisfied.
2016-17 Year One Self-Evaluation (Sept. 2016)
Includes Recommendations 1, 2
Ad Hoc Report on Recommendation 4		 Year One Peer-Evaluation (Jan. 2017)
Recommendations 1, 2 from 2015 Year Seven Peer Evaluation are satisfied.
Acceptance of Ad Hoc Report

Accreditation of Bachelor's Degrees

Year TMCC Reports NWCCU Responses & Communications
2018-19 Ad Hoc Report on BAS/BS Implementation (Oct. 2018) Accreditation Letter (Jan., 2019)
TMCC is fully accredited at the baccalaureate level.
Ad Hoc Report Evaluation (Oct., 2018)
2016 Substantive Change Proposal to offer BAS degrees in Logistics Management and Emergency Management & Homeland Security (Jan., 2016) Acceptance of BAS Proposal (May, 2016)
BAS degrees accredited and TMCC granted candidacy status at the baccalaureate level.

2005–2015 Accreditation Cycle

In 2010, the NWCCU adopted revised accreditation standards and a seven-year accreditation cycle with Year One, Mid-Cycle, and Year Seven self-evaluation reports.

Year TMCC Reports NWCCU Responses & Communications
2015-16 Year Seven Self-Evaluation (Oct. 2015) Accreditation Letter (Jan. 2016)
Year Seven Peer-evaluation (Oct. 2015)
2014-15 Ad hoc Report (Fall 2014) Response Letter (Jan. 2015)
Recommendations of 2011 Year One and 2012 Year Three Peer-Evaluations satisfied
2012-13 Year Three Self-Evaluation (Oct. 2012) Accreditation Letter (Jan. 2013)
Year Three Peer-Evaluation (Oct. 2012)
2011-12 Year One Self-Evaluation (Sept. 2011) Accreditation Letter (Feb. 2012)
Year One Peer-Evaluation (Sept. 2011)
2010 Five-Year Regular Interim Report (Oct. 2010) Five-Year Regular Interim Evaluation (Oct. 2010)
2007 Two-Year Focused Interim Report (April 2007) Accreditation Letter (Aug. 2007)
Two-Year Focused Interim Evaluation (April 2007)

Prior to 2010, the Commission had previously granted accreditation on a ten-year cycle as the Northwest Association of Colleges and Universities Division of the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges (NASC). The division split from NASC to become the NWCCU in 2002.

1995–2005 Accreditation Cycle

Year TMCC Reports NWCCU Responses & Communications
2005-06 Comprehensive Self-Study (Sept. 2005) Accreditation Letter (Jan. 2006)
Comprehensive Evaluation Report (Oct. 2005)
2003 Accreditation Progress Report (Oct. 2003)
Response to NASC Regular Interim Report, Oct. 2000)		  
2000 Five-Year Interim Report (Oct. 2000) NASC Regular Interim Report (Oct. 2000)
1997 Two-Year Focused Interim Report (Fall 1997)  

1985–1995 Accreditation Cycle

Year TMCC Reports NWCCU Responses & Communications
1995 Ten-Year Self-Study (Fall, 1995) NASC Committee Evaluation Report (Oct. 1995)