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Criterion

Status

1. Brief program profile –no longer than one page and include the following:

a

Name of academic program.

b

Brief Description

c

Name of person responsible for administering the program?   ________________________________
Position of person responsible for administering the program?   ________________________________

If there is a special coordinator for this program, identify the current coordinator.   ___________________________

d

Department committees charged with monitoring the program and description of their function with regard to the program.
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ii.
iii..

2. Relationship to Institutional Mission– this section should delineate the ways in which the program’s mission and goals align with those established by the broader university.

a

Provide program mission

b

Describe the ways in which the program’s mission and goals align with the university’s mission, core values and strategic plan.

3. Program Goals – this section should list and describe the program’s goals. Include goals in each of the following areas:

a

Describe the process of generating the following goals.

b.

Instruction

i

Identify program goals for past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

ii

Identify program outcomes of goals of past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

iii

Identify program goals for current academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d

c

Scholarship  

i

Identify program goals for past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

ii

Identify program outcomes of goals of past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

iii

Identify program goals for current academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

d

Civic Engagement

i

Identify program goals for past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

ii

Identify program outcomes of goals of past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

iii

Identify program goals for current academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

e

Other – list any goals in other areas

i

Identify program goals for past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

ii

Identify program outcomes of goals of past academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

iii

Identify program goals for current academic year.
a.
b.
c.
d.

4. Instructional Effectiveness – this section should provide evidence that the program is effectively meeting the instructional goals defined above, in section 2.

a. Curriculum –

i

Courses taught by the program designed to fulfill the goals described in section 3?
Course  ____________
Course  ____________
Course  ____________
Course  ____________
Course  ____________

ii

Identify specific strengths in the current curriculum.

iii

Identify specific weaknesses in the current curriculum. How does the department address the weaknesses, if any?

iv

Describe the role of technology in the delivery of the program’s curriculum.

v

Does the program offer any web-based or web-enhanced courses? If so, list and describe.

vi

Describe use of cooperative education and internships as part of the program’s preparation of its students.

b. General Education

i

Does the program provide service courses for the general education program?

ii

If so, identify the courses and describe how they relate to the general education category goals. (Link to general education website)

iii

Is there a schedule as to when the courses are offered regularly and at appropriate times to meet the identified needs of students?

iv

Identify the frequency.

v

How was the frequency determined?

vi

Was student input solicited? 

vii

If not, explain why?

viii

How was the student input solicited?

c.  Service Courses

i

Does the program offer service courses for other degree programs?

ii

If so, identify the courses and the program or programs for which they are offered.
Course_____________   Program______________
Course_____________   Program______________
Course_____________   Program______________
Course_____________   Program______________
Course_____________   Program______________
Course_____________   Program______________

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iii

Is there a schedule as to when the courses are offered regularly and at appropriate times to meet the identified needs of students?

iv

Identify the frequency.

v

How was the frequency determined?

vi

Was student input solicited?

vii

If not, explain why?

viii

How was the student input solicited?

ix

Was input from the other programs solicited?

x

If not, explain why?

xi

How was the program input solicited?

b. Enrollment – comment on enrollment data provided by Institutional Research and Curriculum, Accreditation, and Assessment. What trends or patterns are significant? Using the data provided:

1a

Number of declared majors for the past three years.
Year 1  _____
Year 2  _____
Year 3  _____

1b

Projected number of declared majors for the next three years.
Year 1  _____
Year 2  _____
Year 3  _____

1c

Comment on the past and projected number of declared majors. Identify how the projections were generated.

2a

Number of graduates for the past three years.
Year 1  _____
Year 2  _____
Year 3  _____

2b

Projected number of anticipated graduates for the next three years.
Year 1  _____
Year 2  _____
Year 3  _____

2c

Comment on the past and projected number of students who graduated from the program for the past three years and the next 3 years. Identify how the projections were generated.

3

Provide an estimate of the programs growth or decline in enrollment for the next three years. Explain reasons for growth or decline. What effect will growth or decline have on the program’s resources, both instructional and operating?

4

Program’s enrollment capacity for majors  _____FT students

Program’s enrollment capacity for non-majors _____FT students

5

Comment on the program’s enrollment capacity. Is the program at capacity?

6

Describe the program’s recruitment strategies.

7

Identify any admission standards that apply to the program.

c. Faculty – describe the faculty assigned to the program.

1

Number of full-time faculty members currently teaching in the program ___________

2

Number of full-time faculty members at each of the various faculty ranks (include lecturers).
Full professor              _____
Associate professor    _____
Assistant professor     _____
Lecturer                      _____

3

Percentage of program’s courses that have been taught by full-time faculty members. _____%

4

Percentage of permanent faculty that have appropriate terminal degrees?     _____%

5

Number of part-time faculty members currently teaching in the program.   _____

6

Percentage of program’s courses that have been taught by part-time faculty during the prior year.   ____%

7

Comment on the appropriateness of the full-time verses part-time faculty ration.

8

If the percentage is a problem, identify steps planned to correct this imbalance.

9

What changes have occurred in the program’s faculty over the past five years?

10

Has the size of the faculty increased or decreased?

11

Explain factors leading to the increase or decrease.

12

Are there specific recurring issues surrounding retention and recruitment of faculty in the program?

13

Project the program’s need for full-time and part-time faculty for the next three years in relation to the projected program enrollment growth or decline as indicted above.

e. Learning outcomes/goals for students –Each degree program should have an established set of specific learning outcomes for its majors. The learning outcomes should specify exactly what knowledge and skills students are expected to have when they complete the program.

1

List the learning outcomes established for students in the program.

2

Explain how the learning outcomes shape the requirements and electives of the program’s curriculum.

3

Describe the measures used to assess whether or not students are meeting the learning outcomes of the program’s curriculum.

4

Describe how the program communicates the learning outcomes/goals to students.

5

Discuss the ways the program uses the information gathered through the assessment process to improve and/or maintain the quality of the program?

5. Scholarship –evidence that the program is achieving its goals in the area of scholarly activity;

a

Faculty Profile Forms

b

Brief section summarizing the program faculty’s work in this area and highlighting some of its most significant accomplishments. Indicate how the program defines scholarship.

6. Civic Engagement - evidence that program is meeting its goals in the area of civic engagement. A more thorough description of the program’s involvement in civic engagement should be included in this section.

a

List any special initiatives currently underway with public audiences. What is the scope of such initiatives and who are their audiences?

b

What are the outcomes of these initiatives (e.g. special events)?

7. Student Involvement and Satisfaction – this section should describe the program’s involvement with students and discuss the students; satisfaction with the program. Answer and provide detail for the following:

a

Does the program have a website that contains information about program requirements?

b

Describe the academic advising process for students in the program.

c

Identify discipline-related student organizations that are sponsored by the program/faculty?

d

Describe their activities.

e

Discuss the results of any assessment process used to evaluate student satisfaction with the program.

8. Information Resources and Instructional Equipment –describe the adequacy of the program’s facilities, equipment, and library resources.

a

Identify the number and type of library holdings for the program

b

Comment on the adequacy of library holdings for the program.

c

Strengths and weaknesses of library holdings and department’s information resources, e.g. computers and journals for students).

d

Quality of current facilities and capital equipment used by the program.

e

Strengths and weaknesses in facilities and capital equipment.

f

Identify resources available for integration of technology into learning activities.

g

Comment on the adequacy of IT support for this program

h

Most pressing unmet needs of the program as related to facilities and equipment. Explain these needs.

9. Program Benchmarking –helps the department gather information about best practices used by NKU’s benchmark institutions. Based on your review of materials gathered from the peer institutions, address the following:

a

Briefly describe the process for selecting benchmark institutions.

b

Briefly describe the process for gathering information from the benchmark institutions and identify contacted institutions.

c

List any significant similarities and differences between your program and related programs at the benchmark institutions. Identify institution and comment on findings.

d

List features of analogous programs at the benchmark institutions that are not currently practices in your program but that you believe should be considered for adoption by your program. List at least two and explain your choices.

e

List resources needed to incorporate these features into your program.

10. External Evaluators Provide the following information on any previous reviews of the program

a

Year:
Accrediting Body
Status:
Recommendations:
Status of Implementing Recommendations:
      Barriers
      Outcome
Next accreditation:

11. Program Planning (SACS, Institutional, CPE) - discuss the program’s planning process for the next 5 years. 10 years.

a

Describe current and long-range opportunities that are available to the program.

b

Describe current and long-range challenges facing the program.

c

What are the program’s strategies for taking advantage of these opportunities and meeting these challenges?

d

How does the program’s strategic plan relate to Academic Affairs’ Academic Plan (http://programreview.nku.edu/academicstrategicplan2002.pdf) and to the University’s Strategic Agenda (http://president.nku.edu/page.asp?p=0715900)

12.  Dean’s Response and Recommendations - The appropriate college dean (and Dean of Graduate Programs in the case of graduate programs) will comment in writing on the program’s self-study and make recommendations about issues raised in the report and a general recommendation as outlined in Program Review Results section above. College deans and the Dean of Graduate Programs will share their comments with each other during the response and recommendation phase of the review process. The dean’s (or deans’ in the case of graduate programs) response and recommendations will be attached to the self-study and the two documents will be forwarded together to the Program Review Steering Committee for review (by March 15).