Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
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The accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges,
Western Association of Schools and Colleges The Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) is one of six official academic bodies responsible for the accreditation of public and private universities, colleges, secondary and elementary schools in the United States and foreign institutions of American origin. has named two new vice
presidents. Susan Clifford has been appointed vice president of
commission operations and Steve Maradian has been named vice president
for policy and research. Clifford comes to the commission staff from
Pasadena City College, where she served as dean, health scientes
division, Title III grant coordinator, and faculty member in dental
hygiene. She has also served as interim executive vice president for
educational programs and student services at Fullerton College. She has
served as a self-study leader at her institution as well as an
evaluation team member for the Accrediting Commission for Community and
Junior Colleges. Maradian is former president of Los Angeles City
College Los Angeles City College, known as LACC, is a public community college in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles, California. A part of the Los Angeles Community College District, it is located on Vermont Avenue south of Santa Monica Boulevard. . He also served as vice president of the University of Armenia
for two years. He also was president of Middle Georgia College Middle Georgia College is a publicly supported, residential, charter unit of the University System of Georgia, in the city Cochran in the U.S. state of Georgia. Founded in 1884, the school is the oldest two-year college in the United States. , Lamar
University at Orange and Belmont Technical College. Maradian has served
as a team member and evaluation team chair for the Accrediting
Commission for Community and Junior Colleges, and has accreditation
experience in the southern, middle states and north central accrediting
regions.
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