The goal of review is program improvement. Program review committees and external consultants identify program strengths, weaknesses, and opportunities, and they offer specific recommendations to assist programs in their efforts to improve. Reviews are scheduled at a time convenient for the academic unit under review. There are two program review procedures. Full review is for programs not subject to external accreditation.
Modified review is for programs subject to accreditation.
Outlines of the procedures for each of the two types of review appear on the following pages. In the months and years following completion of the review, the department chair and dean will work to complete each action item. In the dean s regular meetings with the provost, he or she will inform the provost as each action item is completed. The action plan typically will be presented as a bulleted list or table. The department chair drafts the action plan and discusses it with the dean.