[Students] UCR reaccreditation visit: confidential email account notification

[Ken Baerenklau]

Dear Campus Community:

UCR is hosting a site visit by the WASC Senior College and University
Commission (WSCUC) on October 28-30, 2026 in connection with our
accreditation.

WSCUC understands that not everyone who may wish to participate can be
invited to or attend scheduled meetings with the visiting team and has
therefore established a confidential email account to give everyone the
opportunity to communicate with the team.

The email account is created by WSCUC and only authorized WSCUC staff and
team members have access to the emails submitted. The emails are not viewed
by any representative of UCR.

The email account is created for this visit only and will be closed once
the interview sessions are completed. Only comments made before or during
the review will be considered as part of the review process.

Institutional stakeholders are invited to provide comments on issues of
academic rigor and consistency, availability of student support services,
accuracy of information provided by the institution, and other matters
related to the quality of the educational experience or the operational
effectiveness of the institution.

Institutional reports, on-campus interviews, open sessions, and email
comments become part of the information collected and reviewed by the team.
If the team chooses to include information derived from confidential emails
as a part of its findings in the team report, the information will be
presented to keep the author’s identity confidential. Please note that team
members will not respond individually to comments provided through the
confidential email account. However, the input from comments, along with
other forms of information, will be considered as the team undertakes its
work and develops recommendations to the institution.

The team is not able to meet individually with members of the campus
community, so please do not use the email account to request private
appointments.

To write to the WSCUC team, please address your email to the following
confidential account supplied by WSCUC: ucr at wscuc.org

For more information about the visit, including links to UCR's
institutional report and the times and locations for the open sessions with
the visiting team, please visit:
https://wasc.ucr.edu/2026-wscuc-reaffirmation-accreditation.


*Kenneth A. Baerenklau, Ph.D.*

*Associate Provost & Chief of Staff*

*Professor, School of Public Policy*

*Institutional Accreditation Liaison Officer *
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