General Outline of Program Review

 

PROGRAM REVIEW
Outline
Instructional Programs
Central Piedmont Community College
A. The Mission/Purpose
1. Role program plays in the college mission
B. The Faculty
1. Faculty credentials (full time only)
2. Accomplishments of faculty
3. Professional development activities of faculty
C. The Students
1. Breakdown of students by type
2. Specific programs that require your courses
3. Numbers served, FTE, registrations, graduates
4. Demographic information on students
5. Trends
6. Funds received to serve the under-served
A. Definition of program
1. For whom it is intended
2. Criteria for admission to program (if any)
B. Curriculum or coursework
1. Service courses for general education core
2. Stand-alone programs
3. Degrees, certificates, diplomas
4. Other
C. External accreditation – the process, what is involved and status
D. Innovations, new programs, new courses, state-wide or national efforts, diversity applied to curriculum
E. Testing and remedial coursework
F. Distance education offerings and use of technology (include evaluation efforts)
G. Funding for curricular changes or offerings
A. Process of identifying outcomes
B. Administrative outcomes
C. Student Learning Outcomes (specific to coursework or program area)
1. Knowledge and skills
2. Values practiced
3. End-of-course test scores
4. Other
D. Program Outcomes
1. Job placement
2. Transfers
3. Improved condition
4. Completion rates and retention rates
5. Critical success factors, licensure
6. Other
A. Strengths identified by external sources (advisory committees, most common employers of our students, employer’s surveys, etc.) and students
B. Weaknesses identified by external sources and students
C. Recommendations by program staff to improve the program
D. Strategies for change (based of student/employer follow-up) – closing the loop
E. A one-year follow-up brief report to the VP for instruction reporting on the progress
A. Anticipated future curricular changes and needs (based on market trends)
B. Market trends within the program area
C. Equipment, space and faculty needs for future growth or continuation
D. Future plans