Date:
To: Provost Mark Silliman
From: Accreditation Implementation Committee on
Program Reviews/Program Health Indicators
Kathy Hill, Co-Chair Stu Uesato
Gail Levy Emily Uribe, Co-Chair
Mike Pecsok Gwen Williams
Andy Rossi
Subject: Policy on Unit/Area Program Reviews
The committee’s final version of a Policy on Unit/Area Program Reviews is attached.
The policy was developed in response to the accreditation team’s recommendation relating to program reviews. It was extensively researched and debated by the committee members themselves, received broad-based input from a campus-wide open forum, and was reviewed by the Faculty Senate on February 12, 2003, and the Campus Council on March 6, 2003.
The two concerns that were voiced from the Senate are
presented as follows:
1) The Senate has a concern
that the demand of setting program/unit outcomes and collecting and analyzing
the data may prove time consuming and will eventually become a workload issue
for faculty and unit members.
2) The Senate is also concerned that whatever outcomes are established,
they should meet the ACCJC Standards of Accreditation and, at the same time, be
of value to the faculty/unit members in order to help them improve the delivery
of instruction.
No comments or concerns were noted from the Campus Council.
The committee now submits the policy for your approval and
adoption as campus policy.
Approved:
/s/ Mark Silliman
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Mark Silliman, Provost Date