9-17-15

FY2016 Five-Year Program Review

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Five-Year Program Review

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A discipline expert from either a transfer institution or industry who is neither on the advisory board or adjunct may be a team member.

I endorse and support all recommendations. Note, recommendations will be initially presented inthe relevantProgram Review section and compiled inSection IX, Recommendations.
Institute Dean Signature / Date:

I. Executive Summary

  • Summarize key findings and include recommendations from each section.

II. Mission Relevance

Program Mission

  • List the program’s mission.
  • Which students does the mission address?
  • What is the program’s purpose?

Enrollment Trends

  • Analyze the trends over the past five years.

Career

  • What are the career options for graduates with the degree?
  • Would graduates of this program need a bachelor’s degree to be employed in this field?

Transferability

  • What are the students’ transfer goals, if any?
  • Does the program meet students’ transfer goals?
  • Do faculty have contacts with receiving institution? If so which ones?
  • What are the top 10 or 11 institutions that majors transfer to?
  • With which schools does the program have articulation, guaranteed admissions, and dual admissions agreements?

Program Costs and Revenue

Information to follow

Recommendations

III. Market Relevance

Job Market Demand three to five years out

  • What is the demand for graduates with this degree?
  • What is the pay scale for the jobs the students are qualified for?
  • How have changes in the demand for the degree impacted the program?
  • How have trends in the field impacted the program?
  • Will this rate of change continue to impact the program three to five years from now?

Employer/Transfer Institution Knowledge,Skills, and Abilities (KSAs)

  • What do employer/transfer institutions expect new graduates to know and be able to do?
  • Explain how the programis designed so majorsdevelopthe knowledge, skills, and abilities to succeed in the field or complete their degree at another institution.

Recommendations

IV. Student Learning

  • What do program majors know and are able to do when they complete the program?
  • Explain how the Program Learning Outcomes are covered in required courses.
  • Describe what assignments (e.g., capstone projects, case-study presentations, term papers, etc.)are used to assess the Program Learning Outcomes.
  • How do studentsdemonstratecareer-specificknowledge and skills articulated in the Program Learning Outcomes?
  • Explain how students demonstrate information literacy in the program.

Recommendations

V. Academic Rigor

  • What is the ratio of 100 - to 200 - level courses?
  • If an A.A. or A.S. degree, how does the curriculum prepare students to be successful in a 300 - or 400 - level course?

Recommendations

VI. Student Success

Course Completion

  • What are the course completion rates for major courses?

Retention

  • Analyze retention data.
  • How many of the currently enrolled students switched from another major to this one?
  • What percentage of full- and part-time students are retained fall to fall?

Program Completion/ Graduation

  • How many full-time students complete this program after two-years of study?
  • How many part-time students complete this program after four years of study?
  • What is the number of majors who have repeated at least one career course?
  • How many students graduated in the past five years?
  • What percentage of majors graduated in each of those years?
  • What are the trends?

Recommendations

VII Student’s Perspective

Student Satisfaction Data

  • Summarize student responses to questions in the student survey.

What do students like most about the program?

What do students like least about the program?

Where do student go for academic help in career courses?

Are courses in the program scheduled to meet at convenient times?

  • What responses indicate a need to make program changes?

Published Information

  • Where do students learn about the programs’ requirements?
  • Do students feel comfortable using electronic resources?
  • Is the program media accurate?

Recommendations

VIII Forecast

  • Identify program’s strength and weaknesses.
  • Discuss long-term goals for the program Consider recommendations made in each section of the review when recommending specific steps to enhance, maintain, increase/reduce support for, consolidate, or discontinue the program.

IX Recommendations

  • List all recommendations from each section of the review.Provide an implementation reporting timeline.
  • Secure Institute Dean’s endorsement and support.

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