The College of Southern Idaho is accredited by the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities (NWCCU), a regional accrediting agency nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation (CHEA). The College of Southern Idaho (CSI) is partnering with the College of Western Idaho (CWI) in order to assist CWI in meeting standards for accreditation and to help CWI offer college credit instruction, certificates and degrees, and federal financial aid while seeking accredited status. For the duration of this partnership credits, certificates and degrees earned at CWI appear on CSI transcripts and are transferable to four year institutions, subject to the specific policies of those institutions. U.S. Department of Education considers CWI a branch campus of CSI until CWI reaches candidacy status with NWCCU and can become an independent campus able to provide federal financial aid to its students.
CSI students apply for admission through MyCSI (see link above) while CWI students apply for admission through the CWI website. Both CSI and CWI students use MyCSI to register for courses online. In the course schedule CWI courses have a W in front of the section number (e.g. ENGL101 W01), not to be confused with online courses that have a W after the course section number (e.g. ENGL101 C01W).