Program Review Checklist
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Program Review Checklist
One year before Program Review
- Department representatives meet with dean to review expectations.
- Department initiates self-study process.
- Department discusses with and provides to college dean the names of at
least 5 potential external reviewers.
Eight months before Site Visit
- College dean invites external reviewer(s), explains our process and expectations,
and sets tentative dates for visit based on schedules of external reviewer(s), department
and administrators.
Two months before Site Visit
- Department submits self -study to college dean for final review.
One month before Site Visit
- Dean sends final versions of self-study and specific questions to external reviewer(s).
- Visit arrangements are finalized by department in contact with external reviewer(s)
and administrators.
- Vice President (and Graduate Dean, if appropriate) meets with department
to hear about conclusions of self study.
- Dean sends copy of self-study to graduate dean, if appropriate.
Site Visit
- External reviewers meet with department faculty, staff, and students and review
documentation to evaluate program
- External reviewers should meet with the college dean (and graduate dean if there
are graduate programs) for an initial interview and for an exit interview.
- External reviewers should meet with the Academic VP at an appropriate time during
the visit.
- Departments will process the reimbursement paperwork of the visit.
One month following Site Visit
- Dean receives a report with recommendations from the external reviewer(s)
and will forward it to the department.
Two months following Site Visit
- Department will meet with dean (and graduate dean if appropriate) to
discuss the department's response to the external reviewer's recommendations.
- Based on the department's discussion with the dean(s), the Department
will submit their proposed 5-year goals and implementation strategies for
program improvement to the college dean.
Three months following Site Visit
- The college dean (in consultation with the graduate dean if appropriate)
will respond to the proposed department goals, indicating support or lack
of it for them.
- Dean will submit to Academic Affairs a copy of the self-study, the consultant's
report, the department's response with proposed 5 year goals, and the dean(s)'s
response to the goals.
- Dean will discuss the results with the Vice President of Academic Affairs.
