Jane Wright

Dr. Jane B. Wright is the Director, Policy and Procedure Services for the Community College League of California (League).  She manages the California Policy & Procedure Subscription Service, the Federally-Compliant Policy Program with policy/procedure sample documents applicable to community colleges in the other 49 states, and the Annual Executive Assistants Workshop (EAW).  She has been a full-time employee of the League since January 2019 and coordinated the Policy & Procedure Service as a consultant for the League from 2004 - 2018.  She has presented sessions at the Association of Community College Trustees (ACCT) national conferences in 2019 and 2021 and conducted numerous workshops at California and Oregon community college conferences.

Dr. Wright has also worked individually with 30 community college districts (including ten multi-college districts and 20 single college districts) on updating/revising their board policies and administrative procedures for legal compliance and to prepare for accreditation visits.

She graduated from Oregon State University’s Community College Leadership doctoral program in 2002.  Her dissertation titled “Baldrige Educational Quality Criteria as Another Model for Accreditation in American Community Colleges” used both qualitative and quantitative measures and included a nationwide sample of 202 community college leaders who were currently using quality principles and processes on their campuses.  A total of 34 community colleges from 15 states were included in her doctoral dissertation study.

In addition, Dr. Wright holds a Master’s of Science Degree in School Counseling (with an emphasis on Community College Counseling) from the University of La Verne, a Bachelor’s of Arts Degree in Psychology with special emphasis in Business Management from the University of California at Irvine (U.C.I.), and completed graduate level coursework in the Teacher Education Program at California State Polytechnic University, (Cal Poly) Pomona.  She also took summer term courses at Mt. San Antonio Community College (Mt. SAC).  Thus, she completed coursework at all four segments of higher education in California as well as an out-of-state university.

Dr. Wright also served as an affiliate faculty member for Oregon State University’s College of Education from July 2010 – December 2014.  In this capacity, she served as a faculty member on doctoral dissertation committees for student candidates.

From 1987 to 2003, Dr. Wright held several managerial leadership positions at Mt. SAC including Accreditation Liaison Officer, Director of Marketing and Public Relations, and Director of School and College Relations.  Her areas of responsibility included:  accreditation, marketing, media relations, special event planning, disaster/emergency preparedness, and quality improvement.  She also served on five accreditation visiting teams.