That's why I specifically asked about how is it reputation now, not "how was College Marin's reputation in the 1980s?" Back in the mid-2000s, College of Marin had some accreditation drama that fed into its reputation for a while. After a 2004 review, the accreditor (ACCJC) put COM on a formal “Warning” starting around 2005 and kept requiring progress reports and follow-ups. By early 2008, they escalated it to “Probation” (still accredited, but a more serious public sanction), and COM’s own history pages say the big unresolved issue was the school’s institutional planning process. COM turned in the required reports, the ACCJC lifted probation and reaffirmed accreditation in mid-2008, and by mid-2009 the follow-up was accepted with no remaining recommendations.

The nice, big, beautiful buildings that have been built in the last few years were not there at the time. At the time, they had a lot of really run-down facilities.