Five to six months is adequate to complete the evaluation process. A longer timeframe would be detrimental due to attrition of faculty, as well as loss of the conceptual whole that needs to be maintained throughout the evaluation process. C. Provide opportunities in the PAR process for substantive input from faculty, staff, and admistrators. Provide a written description of the review process and criteria, including data analysis methods, to all faculty, academic staff, and administrators for review and written feedback. Early in the planning process, have central administration provide programs with numerical data so that programs can check these for accuracy.
Programs can provide additional data or substitutions provided that their data can be verified.
These data should be examined in advance of programs writing the narrative. Do not penalize programs in the evaluation process if their respective disciplines lack external benchmarks. Additionally, narratives should include information about specific constraints that apply to the program such as the lack of funding opportunities or substantial loss of resources. Review the narrative and numerical data for clarity, completeness, and accuracy. Programs can modify their narratives accordingly and resubmit.