The college uses a three-year program review cycle to afford educational programs the opportunity to reflect upon and share the results of their annual programs assessments for the three prior years, as well as their plans for the program moving forward, including improvements based upon findings of annual assessment efforts.
Every year, program faculty and their supervising academic dean will meet for 鈥渉ealth checks鈥 to review and discuss both quantitative and qualitative data about their programs. This data will be accessed and edited in NETSPACE under the 鈥淓ducational Program Health鈥 tab. The office of institutional effectiveness and research will provide the quantitative data, i.e., student demographics, graduation numbers, select results from the graduation survey and retention data. The assessment coordinator and deans will work with program faculty to collect and report the qualitative data not provided by the office of institutional research and effectiveness, e.g., program needs, industry trends and employer feedback. Annual program 鈥渉ealth checks鈥 are to be completed by May 15th.
These annual 鈥渉ealth checks鈥 between the dean and program faculty will culminate in outcome setting for the educational program. The aim will be to articulate one to three outcomes related to the program鈥檚 vitality goal, along with their measures and targets. These will be entered in NETSPACE following the program and general education outcomes and be reported on at the following year鈥檚 annual meeting. Follow up on these outcomes, including results/findings and action plans, will subsequently be documented in NETSPACE. Refer to the 鈥淧rogram Review Timeline鈥 for a summary of the annual cycle.
Every three years, the designated educational program faculty present to the college鈥檚 curriculum and instruction committee, division deans, president, vice president for instruction and student services, and representatives from both the vice president for instruction and student services鈥 staff and the president鈥檚 staff. Refer to the 鈥淧rogram Review Report-out Schedule鈥 for the schedule of programs to report-out.