Program Review

Program Review Process Update

The Office of Institutional Effectiveness and the Office of Assessment and Accreditation are working towards developing a new program review process with new criteria and evaluation questions. Please see the timeline below for the updated program review process.  

• Spring 2025: the selected pilot programs will go through the cycle and create reports for review by the college dean, which will subsequently be submitted to the Office of Assessment and Accreditation who will create an executive summary of all programs reviewed during the cycle. This executive summary and the individual program reviews will be made available to the Deans’ Team for review annually.  
• Fall 2025: each academic college will take 10% of its programs through the program review process.  
• Spring 2026: each academic college will take 10% of its programs through the program review process.  
• Summer 2026: incorporate feedback from the first two cycles. Produce executive summary for review by the Deans’ Team.  
• Fall 2026 and Spring 2027: each academic college will take 20% of its programs through the review process.  
• Summer 2027: Produce executive summary for review by the Deans’ Team.  
• Fall 2027 and Spring 2028: each academic college will take 20% of its programs through the review process.  

This cycle will continue to be repeated annually resulting in all programs within an academic college to be reviewed every five years.

Programs that have external accreditations may use those processes to serve as their program review. These programs will report on student learning outcomes on a schedule.

Program Review Dashboards

The Office of Institutional Research will collaborate with the pilot programs to develop a self-service dashboard for all common data needs related to the program review process. This dashboard will launch in Fall of 2025 to be used during the first cycle. The Office of Assessment and Accreditation, in collaboration with the pilot programs, will develop training materials and course materials on the program review process. 

Annual Program Report

Another part of the program review cycle will be the completion of a short annual report by all programs. This report will be submitted by school directors or department heads for review. Deans will then forward the reports to the Office of Assessment and Accreditation. The questions may be disaggregated and saved for future HLC processes.